Four months after his election, “Macron is no longer in it”? – Europe 1

Alexandre Chauveau, edited by Laura Laplaud 7:09 a.m., September 12, 2022, modified at 9:36 a.m., September 12, 2022 What is really going on in Emmanuel Macron’s head? Since his re-election on April 24, the head of state is struggling to regain the momentum of the first five-year term. Absence of a state of grace, relative majority in the National Assembly, at the Elysée, visitors wonder about the morale of the president, at a time when crises are piling up. According to several relatives, Emmanuel Macron no longer has the combativeness he had a few months ago. A form of mental wear and tear? To characterize the state of mind of the president, a government heavyweight speaks of a form of mental wear and tear, a consequence of his loss of political capital. “He is no longer in it”, sums up this confidant of the head of state. He who loved to convince so much, craftsman of the great debate in 2019 in response to the demonstrations of the “yellow vests”, would thus be tired of his trips to the French, whom he considers not very grateful to him. Even the councils of ministers would not have more his favors. “Listening to his ministers speak, it fed him,” even cowardly a member of the government, to the point that Emmanuel Macron confided, in a tone of lightness, to wonder about the usefulness of this weekly meeting. His adrenaline , he finds it more than ever in crisis management, the only way to leave a trace of his second term, since the center of gravity of power has moved to the National Assembly.” Basically, Marine Le Pen will end up going “Not easy indeed to go from an absolute and disciplined majority to a relative majority, which no longer hides its desire for autonomy. Freedoms that are also granted to the pretenders to his succession: Bruno Le Maire, Gérald Darmanin or Édouard Philippe. Yet all indebted to the conductor Macron, they no longer hesitate to play their own part in view of 2027. Emmanuel Macron surprisingly lets it go, more concerned about the rise of Marine Le Pen. “Basically, it will eventually pass,” he confided, resigned, to those around him. The President of the Republic is already thinking about what to do next. One of his relatives can imagine him launching, after 2027, a foundation for Europe or the climate.