Before his visit to Hauts-de-France, in his native region, where he will stay for several days, Emmanuel Macron gave an interview to
La Voix du Nord
,
the regional daily in northern France.
In this interview, referring to Jacques Chirac, who had declared his candidacy in the same newspaper in 1994 on the eve of a trip to this region, the journalist questions the President of the Republic on his potential candidacy for the presidential election of 2022.
To discover
Presidential 2022: where are the candidates in the polls?
After a strong tribute to the former head of state, Emmanuel Macron explains that he sees "
in this interview something
" to which he adheres: "
Restore hope
". “
Our fight is this. We only act well with hope in our hearts,
”he argues. In a reference to the last book of the essayist and quasi-candidate Éric Zemmour,
France has not said its last word
, the president then explains that he "
does not think that France has a last word to say
".
“
She has a thousand-year-old history ahead of her.
That's what I'll wear,
”he says, referring to his future candidacy.
Before adding: “
France is a crazy story constantly rewritten.
She looks ahead.
This is France.
Those who, through their projects and their ambitions, have made people forget the reasons we had for not living together
”.