
Macron's platform," warned Nicolas Revel, Mr. "These are not only votes in favor of Mr. Many voters simply chose him to block the Rassemblement National (RN, right-wing populist party) candidate. He knows that he will not be able to bring a "cascade" of reform to a fractured France, which expressed "an anti-elite message," according to his prime minister, Jean Castex, by giving 41.45% of the votes to Marine Le Pen. Macron saw and heard the rejection he inspires in the working classes.

Self-confidence does not necessarily rule out realism. The Jupiter theory is that the president rules as the supreme authority. The contented victor approached his new five-year term with one desire: "to kill" Jupiter, this is the double synonym of arrogance, which has been tarnishing his image for five years. He went down to say hello to his ex-colleague, whom he found "serene, confident and relaxed." Re-election was nearing.

Bernard Poignant, his former office neighbor at the Elysée Palace during François Hollande's days, was dining upstairs. This Montparnasse area restaurant is where the 2017 victory was celebrated with supporters, even before the second round. The owner reserved them the table at the back of the room, in the corner, on the ground floor.
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He had just finished an interview on the set of TV channel TF1. Three days later, on April 13, the presidential candidate went to La Rotonde to have dinner with his wife, Brigitte, who was celebrating her birthday. Read more French legislative elections: Le Pen surfs on Rassemblement National 'tsunami' On the evening of the first round, his entourage had simply warned him about the danger of the far right as a reminder of what was at stake. Macron never believed in the risk of a Marine Le Pen victory, a close friend assured Le Monde. This attitude was above all evidence that the candidate who held a lead over his opponents was primarily concerned with managing it. His late entry into the campaign had already raised questions among his troops about his motivation, just as it angered his opponents, who reproached him for his barely concealed complacency. The white knight of "transformation" had spent much of his first five years putting out fires, but had done so successfully enough to be re-elected on April 24. The Yellow Vests crisis, the Covid-19 epidemic, then the war in Ukraine have dulled this youthful bravado. Without that, political life is dishonorable," he wrote in 2016, in his book Revolution. "In my opinion, all that counts are action and results. Macron had made the heartfelt cry the driving force of his commitment. "At some point, I'd like policymakers to keep their promises." More on this topic Subscribers only Emmanuel Macron goes green "I asked him how he intended to catch up on renewable energy no reaction, he wasn't there for a dialogue," said climatologist Jean Jouzel. The father of the slogan "Make Our Planet Great Again" was being watched carefully, after proving to be quite disappointing. JEAN-CLAUDE COUTAUSSE FOR "LE MONDE"Ī week later, the guests received a report of the meeting, along with the unpleasant impression that it had been written before they set foot in the Elysée. Emmanuel Macron held a rally between the two rounds of the presidential election, in Marseille, on April 16, 2022. Their host, in any case, was sure to share photos of their meeting with his 8 million Twitter followers. Around the table, some people were wondering if their contribution would just feed future presidential talking points or if they would be taken seriously. The French president was not very eager to speak everything had already been said in his speech in Marseille, three weeks earlier, when he promised to set up France as a "great ecological nation." He took notes. "We're all tired," he sighed to his close friends, conflating his own personal state of mind and that of the country.

The head of state had been re-elected 13 days earlier, at the end of a short campaign and a five-year term in which each year seemed twice as long. Not very eco-friendly, considering Emmanuel Macron was to meet with a dozen climate experts on the afternoon of May 7. It was light outside, but the curtains had been drawn, forcing Elysée staff to light the chandeliers hanging from the ceiling of the Napoleon III room. Indecisive and hesistant, he surprised even his closest friends and family and has now been forced to compromise with his relative majority in the Assemblée Nationale. NewsMore than two months after the presidential election, the phase of uncertainty that the head of state has endured is persisting. Published on Jat 17h24, updated at 06h54 on July 4, 2022 'Dazed' and 'absent': Macron accused of second-term indecisiveness By Olivier Faye
