The head of state is on a ridge line quite difficult to hold. The look at the history of the RN - or rather its prehistory - becomes the emblem of the disenchantment between Emmanuel Macron and Elisabeth Borne.

The words of the Head of State in the Council of Ministers had been unanimously interpreted as a reframing. But it was only the next day, on the sidelines of his trip to Slovakia, that Emmanuel Macron publicly confirmed his decision to step down.