Dear subscribers,
I am happy to resume the thread of this mail.
While waiting for the verdict of the regional, this Sunday, I suggest you come back to an event that took place behind closed doors but whose political significance is anything but trivial: the decoration of Édouard Philippe by Emmanuel Macron.
Macron-Philippe: the medal and its reverse
Late moment, but perfect setting.
By giving Édouard Philippe the insignia of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, Emmanuel Macron wanted to demonstrate his complicity when his former prime minister ostentatiously returns to the political debate.
Genesis and scope of a decoration
It is a tradition that goes back to Valéry Giscard d'Estaing: after six months in office, any head of government receives from the hands of the head of state the insignia of the Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit.
During a ceremony taking place at the Élysée Palace.
This allows the president to extend a number of courtesies to his right arm, but also, sometimes, a few crap.
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