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The editorial of Le Figaro: “Emmanuel Macron, seven years later”

2024-03-05T19:25:16.426Z

Highlights: The president has failed to reinvent himself. What seemed controlled until then appears more and more improvised. The proof is that the president returned in 2022 for a new term. Seven years later, however, the illusions are dissipating, the... This article is reserved for subscribers. To discover Listen to the club Le Club Le Figaro Idées with Eugénie Bastié on the Le Club radio show on weekdays at 10am and 11am. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or click here for details.


The president has failed to reinvent himself. What seemed controlled until then appears more and more improvised.


Emmanuel Macron has always been difficult to follow.

Not only because he is a man in a hurry: he did everything very young.

But also because he is a complex man: his obsession with “at the same time” often harms the coherence of his decisions!

However, these are character traits that could have made his success when the great wind of degagisme blew which pushed him towards the Élysée, in 2017. Many French people said to themselves: go for a new face and new uses .

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Since then, the country has gone from crisis to crisis.

From “yellow vests” in great debate, from coronavirus to “whatever it takes”, from a systemic pension reform, first promoted, but finally abandoned, to another, parametric, first dismissed, but finally adopted.

Words, contradictions, some achievements… And it happened.

The proof is that the president returned in 2022 for a new term.

Read also Macron's solitary initiatives baffle the majority

Seven years later, however, the illusions are dissipating, the...

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Source: lefigaro

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