The interview takes up six full pages.
However, attention has focused on six short sentences.
In his big interview with the
Parisian
, published Tuesday evening, Emmanuel Macron violently rings the charge against the 5 million French people who still refuse to receive a protective injection against the Covid-19.
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“
Me, I'm not for pissing off the French. I plague the administration all day long when it blocks them. Well there, the unvaccinated, I really want to piss them off. And so we will continue to do so, until the end
, ”asserts the President of the Republic. Before adding, a little further:
“When my freedom threatens that of others, I become irresponsible. An irresponsible person is no longer a citizen.
"
A statement that contrasts with the desire for appeasement displayed in recent days by the Head of State.
In particular during his interview on TF1 and LCI, in mid-December, where he said he had "
learned
" that "
nothing is done if you are not molded with a deep respect for everyone
".
"
There are words that can hurt, and I think it's never good, it's even unacceptable
," he thought it good to add.
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Almost three months before the presidential election, this change of tone confirms the very clear acceleration of Emmanuel Macron, who is eager to enter the campaign.
And who has ants in his legs at the idea of doing battle with his opponents of all stripes.
An impatience which he no longer makes a mystery, by putting an end to what he calls a "
false suspense
" around his candidacy, and by admitting of course having "
want
" to seek his succession next spring.
Hence, moreover, the plurality of themes tackled "in front of the readers" of everyday life, ranging from Europe to purchasing power, including ecology, security, secularism and education.
53% of French people shocked
As a sort of outline of a program, therefore, before the poll on April 10 and 24. Or rather an attempt in this direction, so much the beginning of the project was swept away and swept away by the very lively controversy arising from the declarations on the health component. “
You have to have the courage to tell the truth, but insult is never the solution. It will be necessary to put an end to this five-year term of contempt
, ”lambasted the candidate Les Républicains (LR) Valérie Pécresse, on CNews, believing to be“
the only one
”in a position to be able to dislodge the tenant from the Elysee Palace.
Regretting for her "
a political fault
" and "
a serious moral fault
", Marine Le Pen (National Rally) estimated on BFMTV that "
this vulgarity and this violence
" demonstrate that Emmanuel Macron "
never considered himself the president of all the French
”. Same message from Eric Zemmour, according to whom this “
cynical declaration of a politician who wants to exist
” which betrays an “
admitted cruelty (and) assumed
”. For his part, the Insubordinate Jean-Luc Mélenchon deplored a "
staggering confession
", confirming according to him that "
the vaccination pass is a collective punishment against individual freedom
".
Macron's words are a mistake, they will uninhibit violence
A member of the majority.
In addition to having ignited the presidential campaign, the words of Emmanuel Macron caused a crisis in the National Assembly on Tuesday evening.
For the second time in twenty-four hours, consideration of the bill to introduce the vaccination pass has been interrupted.
In the hubbub, with reminders of the rules and suspensions of sitting, the opposition deputies demanded explanations from the executive, demanding the arrival of the Prime Minister.
"Where's Castex?"
, launched in vain the elected LR on the benches of the right.
On the messaging loops, the majority deputies were worried:
"Macron's words are a mistake, they will uninhibit the violence"
, fears one of them, against the backdrop of increasing threats against elected officials. A few hours earlier, the director of the CHU de Guadeloupe, hit on the head by anti-tax devices, had to be exfiltrated from his offices by the police with his two assistants.
The examination of the text of the law finally resumed in the afternoon, once the hypothesis of a passage in force of the government by article 43, paragraph 3 of the Constitution was swept aside. Jean Castex acceded to the opposition's request by appearing before them.
"Excuse you!"
, asked the Insubordinate Mathilde Panot, like the socialist Valérie Rabault. The Prime Minister defended the words of the president, evoking
"a difficulty with those of our fellow citizens who refuse to be vaccinated"
.
"It is not insulting anyone"
to recall it, he strongly pleaded, even if 53% of French people say they are shocked by the presidential words, according to an Elabe poll for BFMTV,
L'Express
and SFR published on Wednesday. His comments
"Seem to me to fall far short of the anger of a very large majority of French people",
nevertheless estimated the government spokesman Gabriel Attal, at the end of the Council of Ministers.
"
We're going to talk to each other frankly.
Who's fucking who's life today? ”
"These are the people who oppose the vaccine
," he replied.
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If the office of the Head of State allows him to dictate the media agenda and sow the division on the right between pro and anti-vaccine pass, the fact remains that his bill is mired in Parliament.
As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 400 amendments still had to be considered.
"It is your responsibility to debate quickly
," insisted the Prime Minister before the deputies.
An illusory wish: the officials of the Senate, who were initially to examine the text in the wake of its passage in the Assembly, finally decided to consider it only from Monday.
With the possible delay of a referral to the Constitutional Council, the application of the vaccination pass on January 15 becomes an untenable objective.
