A desk was hastily installed on the tarmac at Orly airport on June 14, 2022. Five days before the second round of high-risk legislative elections, Emmanuel Macron steps forward at the microphone, in front of the engines of his presidential plane ready to take off.
"Not a voice must be missing from the Republic
", launches the Head of State.
In a serious tone, before flying off to Eastern Europe, he called for a
“start”
to
“give a solid majority to the country”
.
The staging, resembling a last chance speech, is quickly mocked by its opponents.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon sees it
as "a Trump sketch"
, Marine Le Pen a
"sign of feverishness"
.
On June 19, Emmanuel Macron lost a hundred deputies and his absolute majority.
“This speech cost me my election and 100 euros!”
, annoyed a posteriori a member of the presidential coalition, defeated in June in Île-de-France.
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