Un mea culpa more assertive than the others regarding the dissolution of June, which sowed “divisions” and “instability”does not prevent Emmanuel Macron from wanting to remain fully President of the Republic until the end of his mandate. The wishes that the Head of State pronounced on Tuesday, December 31, at the dawn of a political year more uncertain than ever, were first and foremost a response to Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who seek to provoke an early presidential election, at the risk of doubling the political crisis with an institutional crisis. This requires reinventing yourself – and it's not easy.
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Of the failure of his very risky political initiative for the year 2024, Emmanuel Macron has finally taken action. He now fully assumes his responsibility for the crisis it caused. Likewise, he became aware of the unpopularity and almost knee-jerk rejection that his person arouses: the three-minute video presented at the start of the exercise to salute French successes (Olympic Games, reconstruction of Notre-Dame, notably) was a way of recognizing that not everything in France depends on the presidential figure. It was time.
But finding the role that befits a greatly devalued President of the Republic is a challenge. Constantly, Emmanuel Macron has hesitated between two models: that of the unifying president, withdrawing from governmental contingencies, working so that the members of the national community are “united, determined, united”and that of a European leader who senses the imminence of dangers and does not want to give up anything regarding the national course that he has been outlining for seven years.
Weakened speech
It was legitimate that a large part of the presidential intervention was reserved for the international and European scene: no one in France questions the reserved domain. In addition, even if his words are weakened, Emmanuel Macron is recognized for having very early pointed out the risk of Europe disappearing in the face of the rivalry between China and the United States. His call to “say no to commercial laws laid down by others”, to reject “anything that makes us depend on others without compensation and without preparing our future”was accompanied by a legitimate exhortation to ” awakening “ European, in the wake of the Draghi report which highlights the weakening of the European Union's capacity for innovation and investment.
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