REPLAY. Wishes from Emmanuel Macron: the president admits that the dissolution of the Assembly brought “more divisions” than “solutions”

A head of state in difficulty

“These are his eighth wishes” since his arrival at the Elysée in 2017, but “the first in a slightly different role”, say those around him. “Previously, he was a president who governed”, giving impetus to public policies which occupied an important part of this New Year's speech, notes an advisor. This year, he will be “more in a role of guarantor” and “president who presides”. Despite the arrival in Matignon of the centrist, his historic ally, Emmanuel Macron therefore intends to maintain a withdrawn posture. As has been the case since his camp lost the early legislative elections in the summer following the dissolution of the National Assembly, opening the most serious political crisis of the Fifth Republic.