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DIRECT. Presidential and legislative: Macron's (re)investiture ceremony, LR launches the sequel... a very political Saturday

2022-05-07T05:52:35.470Z


The re-elected president takes control of the political agenda, which had focused on agreements on the left for the legislative elections. He has


The essential

  • The investiture ceremony of the President of the Republic takes place from 11 a.m. at the Elysée Palace.

  • Two former presidents are invited but the arrival of Nicolas Sarkozy is more squeaky than that of François Hollande.

  • Eric Zemmour, the Republicans, the allies of Jean-Luc Mélenchon meet, each on their side, to prepare the legislative ones.

  • The leader of the "New popular ecological and social union", Insoumis deputy from Bouches-du-Rhône, determined to become Prime Minister, will "probably" not be a candidate for the legislative elections.

07:30

A picture will be missing

Every five years, for three terms, we had become accustomed to seeing the outgoing president, defeated or not reappointed, greet his successor and then leave the Elysée by car through the palace's main courtyard.

The image of his hand passing through the window symbolized more than the others the transfer of power.

This time, Emmanuel Macron succeeding himself, there is no one to renew.

07:20

You might hear them

It is the Republican tradition: 21 cannon shots will be fired at noon from the Invalides.

07:10

A highly political day

The Reconquest!

is organizing a training day in Paris for its legislative candidates.

The Republicans hold a national council to launch the legislative elections at 2 p.m.

At the same time, the investiture convention of the members of the “New popular ecological and social union” took place, which brought together ecologists, socialists and communists around the Insoumis and Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Finally, the PS president of the Occitanie region, Carole Delga, furious at the agreement reached with the Insoumis, tries to aggregate the disappointed by going to support the dissident candidate Rémi Branco in the Lot.

07:00

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Source: leparis

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