This is a message that recently stirred up all the internal loops of the majority: “Due to a cabinet reshuffle, the RESPONSES app is closed. Thank you for your understanding, ”read, flabbergasted, ministers and cabinet members on their laptop screen, about this internal application which allows to answer the questions asked by the parliamentarians of the majority. "In fact, it was just a technical bug. But still today, nobody knows why we ended up with such a crazy message! "Confides, hilariously, a secretary of state, who says that this story has put" all the ministries in a state of feverish advance. Which gives an idea of the ambient climate… ”
When he begins what he himself calls "a new stage" in his five-year term, will Emmanuel Macron take advantage of his speech this Sunday evening to clarify his intentions in terms of government reorganization? “It is not a priori the object. The Chinese torment should last a little longer, "says a close friend of the head of state, referring to" more important emergencies for the French "and" the need to hold a speech of republican refoundation ".
"He is very sensitive to this rising anger"
For his new speech to the French, the fourth since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic and the first since April 13, could Macron, who likes to thwart the scripts written in advance, draw a surprise announcement? "Something is going to happen," slips mysteriously, an elected official accustomed to the Elysée Palace, who will say no more.
One thing is nevertheless expected: its response to the expectations of restaurateurs who urge him to speed up deconfinement for the reopening of their establishments in Ile-de-France, but also those of parents of exhausted pupils or of teachers overworked by rules Too strict sanitation in schools.
The current context will prompt him to send a message to young people. “He is very sensitive to this growing anger. To ignore it would be a political mistake, ”slips a minister. "We must not lose youth," even recently worried Macron, anxious to see "the republican pact weakened" as a new front opens, that of demonstrations against racism and police violence.
"His philosophy is pretty clear cut!"
In recent days, the president has consulted a lot to prepare this intervention - around twenty minutes, presumably - which was still being drafted on Saturday. “There are still trade-offs to be made. As usual, he will touch up the slightest comma, until the last second, ”says an intimate.
"Nothing will be avoided, positive things as the least satisfactory," continues an adviser to the Elysee, while a heavyweight of the government reflects the mood of the moment: "Its general philosophy is rather to go straight to the sword. We are going forward ! "I am a privateer," Macron smiles in private, before taking on a more serious look: "What ultimately characterizes my career the best is that I have always fought against conformism. And I will continue to do so. ” Answer this Sunday evening at 8 p.m.