Speech by Emmanuel Macron: what is the strategy of “rotting”? – Europe 1

Jacques Serais, edited by Gauthier Delomez 6:27 a.m., June 23, 2022, modified at 11:33 a.m., June 23, 2022 Emmanuel Macron spoke to the French on Wednesday evening, three days after his party’s setback in the legislative elections. He recognized fractures, and said he was ready to govern “differently”. This new method promised by the president can be translated in a word, the strategy of “rotting” dear to some of his advisers.ANALYSISThree days after the legislative elections, Emmanuel Macron spoke to the French on Wednesday evening during a speech eight-minute television show. The Head of State recognized “the fractures” shown by this ballot. “We must learn to govern differently,” he explained. In reality, the President of the Republic disclaims all responsibility. His new method is in a way the end of the Jupiterian presidency, at least in appearance. Without a short-term solution, the head of state very clearly throws the ball back to the opposition parties. “It’s up to the political groups to say in complete transparency how far they are ready to go”, he explains when Emmanuel Macron had just received the representatives of the political forces sitting in the new National Assembly. How Macron pushes to the point of no returnWhile it is up to the government to make proposals, Emmanuel Macron reverses the roles to better push to the point of no return. This is the strategy of “rotting” dear to some of his advisers, as if for him it was a question of gaining time and calling the French as witnesses, the witnesses of a deadlock situation which cannot last forever. This may be the reason why the tenant of the Elysee Palace did not once mention his Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne. Simple oversight or voluntary action? The hyper-presidency is never far away. Hunt the natural, it comes back at a gallop.