When we first met at the famous “
La Rotonde
”
brasserie
, it seemed to me very quickly, from the tone of the conversation, that a nagging question surfaced in the words made in unison by this couple. oddly mismatched mood and maturity.
Emmanuel Macron insisted:
- What is missing at the top of the state?
"The incarnation," I replied instinctively.
It lacks verticality.
- What verticality?
- That of the Régalien, of the mystery.
The president must inhabit the body of the king.
Brigitte grabbed Emmanuel's arm and repeated
mezza voce
:
- He is right !
So right!
Both were thinking, in hollow, of Sarkozy and Holland.
The resolution was taken.
It didn't last long.
Just the time of the Louvre Pyramid and then the reception of Poutine in Versailles.
Verticality sank with the Fête de la Musique, on the steps of the Élysée Palace.
Five years later, where are we?
The Elysee is empty.
There are only the king's fools left.
A sort of coup de force:
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