A fine observer of French political life and a regular contributor to FigaroVox, Maxime Tandonnet notably published André Tardieu. The misunderstood (Perrin, 2019).
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Emmanuel Macron is considering a government of national unity
," said party leader Fabien Roussel after his meeting with the President of the Republic.
The invocation of national unity is thus back following the legislative elections which deprived the Head of State of an absolute presidential majority.
It was already in place at the time of the Covid-19 epidemic in March 2020. In fact, this reference returns periodically in troubled times.
National unity is one of the four founding myths of the political imagination identified by Raoul Girardet in
Mythes et mythologies politiques
(Seuil 1986), along with the conspiracy, the savior and the golden age.
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This exaltation of the unitary theme,
explains the author
, obviously has the value of exorcism
”.
Times of crisis and collective anxiety are…
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