How, alone at the Élysée Palace, Macron manages the country

The Elysée Palace has emptied. At once. There is only Emmanuel Macron left, or almost. “ It has often been said that the president decides alone, that he is isolated. This crisis shows, on the contrary, a head of state who has never been so collective. He consults everyone all day long, " swears one of the few advisers to the head of state. It doesn't necessarily stand out.

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In the long corridors where bailiffs and transit advisers usually go between two offices, there is hardly anyone left. The kitchens have closed, they only work for the few who have not been sent home by telework. All that remains at the Élysée is the people affected by the "absolute need for service" : the closest collaborators of the President of the Republic, his health advisor, the chief of staff, the general secretariat, the members of his security service , the personnel essential to the functioning of the summit of the State. Brigitte

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