Faced with a country that was both resilient and impatient, the exercise was perilous. Thank and reassure the French, invite them to trust and persevere at the same time, open up a horizon without anticipating an end to the crisis that is not yet in sight. This is what Emmanuel Macron attempted, four weeks after the start of confinement and four weeks before the start of his release.
This televised speech once again confirmed that in France everything started from the Head of State and that everything depended on him. That is why it was important that it was he who set the deadline for deconfinement. The president "master of clocks", the formula was verified once again on Monday. With this clear and clear commitment of May 11, pivotal date of all the calendar to come. Macron knows that, for opinion, only the stamp of the presidential validation is authentic.
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But the fact that the French heard the president's speech does not mean that they give him an unconditional credit. It was
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