Never had the President of the Republic spoken so late on television.
2 h 51. On November 13, 2015, François Hollande spoke at midnight, but it was the evening of the attacks on the Stade de France and the Bataclan.
The country was itself stricken.
The nocturnal character - obviously attributable to the jet lag - and the solemn framework of this intervention underlined the gravity of the moment.
As often, Emmanuel Macron pushed the cursor far, in words and in the decor.
It was surprising to see the President of the French Republic flanked by the star-spangled banner, added to the French and European flags.
It was amazing to hear him swear
"we will not give in"
.
Who is "us"?
What power of intervention does a Head of State have over the political life of another State?
Unless through this double symbol - the three flags, the "we" - Macron wanted to pose as the leader of the democratic world as a whole, as a defender of this
"universal idea, one man
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