Macron’s big contradictions, who says everything and its opposite on the dissolution and the legislative elections – Libération

The more the President speaks to justify his decision of June 9 and the chaotic situation that results from it, the less we understand him.

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For more than two weeks, no one really seems to understand what Emmanuel Macron wanted to do by dissolving the National Assembly. Whether in the presidential camp or on the opposition side. But what could be more normal when the President himself appears totally lost?

For his ninth speech in two weeks, in the podcast Génération Do It Yourself, the head of state returned, Monday for 1 hour 45 minutes, to the issues of the legislative elections and the chaotic political situation which follows. A long litany of sometimes totally incoherent comments. For example when he «assume» for the 1000th time his personal choice to dissolve – “you have to agree to make certain decisions in the solitude that accompanies the role” – while refusing any responsibility for the result of the resulting elections – “It won’t be anyone’s fault on the evening of the second round. It will be the responsibility of the French”. If some want someone responsible,