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"Macron's loneliness"

2/16/2020, 8:05:48 PM


The editorial of Figaro, by Yves Thréard.

Upon arriving at the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron had promised new faces and new uses. Both have fizzled.

More than two and a half years later, it cannot be said that the exercise of power has changed much. His practice is no more impeccable than in the past. The Benalla affair will remain as the symbol of a curious conception of the Jupiterian order. As for the young wolves that have appeared in the light around the president, most have left the ship. Undoubtedly a little too sure of themselves, they did not know how to adapt to the rhythm of realities.

In government, for one reason or another, seventeen ministers have already thrown in the towel or have been forced to give up their aprons: François Bayrou, Nicolas Hulot, Gérard Collomb, François de Rugy, Jean-Paul Delevoye… Withdrawal Benjamin Griveaux's brutal race for mayor of Paris is only the last episode of the soap opera. And, by choosing Agnès Buzyn to replace him, the head of state

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