Guillaume Tabard: "French Presidency of the EU, the risk of a pschitt effect on the national scene"

A blessing or a poison for Macron, this French presidency of the Union?

Friends of the Head of State have seen this deadline approaching with relish for months.

At the risk of overvaluing the advantages and underestimating the disadvantages for him as the presidential campaign approaches.

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This deadline, rare since the last for France date back to 1995 and 2008, was supposed to enhance Emmanuel Macron for two reasons.

To be, for a few months, the president not only of the country but of the entire political continent, is to assume a status that elevates him above the common of other candidates.

And for those who have always included Europe in their DNA, it means completing their five-year term by giving it

its true color;

it is to conclude by revealing the true horizon

of its action and its commitment.

In short, this PFUE - mania, also European, for acronyms - was to be the crowning achievement of the presidency.

Its apotheosis.

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