He has a high risk job.
Almost impossible.
You have to run all the sets, all the radio stations, answer all the questions, the most annoying as well as the most technical.
Before him, several government spokespersons collapsed, like Sibeth Ndiaye entangled in his statements on masks.
Here is Gabriel Attal at the helm.
He is only 31 years old.
This
Macron's boy
, from the DSK trendy PS, is not afraid to go to the front.
“He likes the fight, he is courageous, underlines the Minister of Relations with the Parliament Marc Fesneau.
We quickly forget his age.
"
This Thursday marks a new stage in his rapid rise: the government spokesperson will participate in his biggest program.
He will be the only representative of the executive in “Vous ont la parole” on France 2, hosted in prime time by Léa Salamé and Thomas Sotto.
He will measure himself against experienced debaters like the cantor of made in France, Arnaud Montebourg, and the RN mayor of Perpignan, Louis Aliot.
“I already spoke a lot in the media before being a spokesperson, but this time the nature of my speech has changed,” says Gabriel Attal.
Somehow, I am engaging the government, including internationally, it's pretty dizzying ”.
Sometimes, to avoid the crash, he kicks in touch.
“No one is omniscient,” he continues.
It is better to be silent than to say bullshit ”.
He does the after-sales service for reforms
Every Monday morning, Gabriel Attal holds the messages to be picked up with the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, in Matignon.
On Wednesday, at the Elysee Palace, he discusses on a corner of the table for a few minutes with Emmanuel Macron before the press point which summarizes the Council of Ministers.
But his activity does not stop there: he was involved in the preparation of the text on separatism.
He also participates in all the Defense Councils on the Covid.
In short, he was as close as possible to the reactor during the crisis.
The role of spokesperson has evolved well: under François Hollande, Stéphane Le Foll stepped back during the 2015 attacks so as not to blur the speech of the royal ministers.
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At the Elysée Palace, his “energy” and his “work” are emphasized.
He does the after-sales service for reforms.
He also prepares the minds for announcements.
In the jargon of the communicators, we say that it “atmosphere” the journalists.
For four months, he has avoided many pitfalls, but has committed a "ball": the announcement of a curfew in Paris after confinement.
Matignon snapped up on him.
A few days later, Anne Hidalgo nevertheless agreed with him, by announcing restrictive measures taken with the police headquarters.
In fact, Jean Castex wanted to leave time for consultation with local elected officials before announcing the color.
“The score was right, but I went faster than the music,” comments the thirty-something.
"Gabriel is a pure politician, who breathes politics"
In recent days, Gabriel Attal has visited Lille and Red Cross buildings in the Paris suburbs to alert public opinion on a subject that torments him: the effect of confinement on the minds of the French.
Wearing a tricolor mask, he listens to a psychologist tell him about the explosion of depressions and these calls where "the person on the phone repeats the same words over and over for thirty minutes".
Leaving its scope, Gabriel Attal will make proposals to the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran.
"It would be difficult for me to flourish if I did not go on the field in addition to the TV sets", slips Attal, once back in his car.
His career really began in 2018. Deputy for Vanves (Hauts-de-Seine), he was promoted to Secretary of State for Youth.
He was then the youngest member of a government under the Fifth Republic - he broke François Baroin's record.
The government of Edouard Philippe is then ballasted with experts and lacks a comfortable oral spokesperson.
"Gabriel is a pure politician, who breathes politics, that's why he was brought up to government," says a relative of the former Prime Minister.
On a private level, he is in a partnership with LREM MEP Stéphane Séjourné, who has just been appointed political advisor at the Elysee Palace on a voluntary basis.
He now has two years left to make his mark on this position, which is as exposed as it is perilous.