The instance has become familiar to French ears while retaining its scent of mystery.
Faced with Covid, the Defense Council is usually the meeting that precedes the announcements.
The instance is nothing new.
A first Superior Defense Council was set up in 1906 and its existence is mentioned in the Constitution of the Fifth Republic.
After the 1986 attacks, Jacques Chirac, Prime Minister, established the Internal Security Council, which Nicolas Sarkozy transformed in 2009 into the Defense and Internal Security Council, drawing inspiration from the American National Security Council.
Over the past five years, an evolution has taken place.
From the 2015 terrorist wave, which was exceptional, this body became regular, until adopting a weekly rhythm;
and from secret - its meetings were known, at best, a posteriori -, it became official, included in the agenda of the Presidency of the Republic, before the Council of Ministers of
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