MACRON. An interview with Emmanuel Macron is to appear in Le Point this Wednesday, August 23, 2023. At the time of the political return, the Head of State must present the major projects that await him and specify his “major political initiative”.
[Mis à jour le 23 août 2023 à 11h25] The time for the return to politics has come and the President of the Republic is getting back to work this Wednesday, August 23, 2023. For his return to the Elysée, the Head of State has chaired a Council of Ministers, but it is most certainly his interview to appear in Point tonight who will hold the attention.
A river interview granted last week according to the indiscretions of Politico and in which Emmanuel Macron should present the major projects for the start of the school year and specify his “major political initiative”, in particular the fields of action but also the reasons for this new course. An approach, outlined in Le Figaro Magazine at the beginning of August, which promises to be complete since authority, immigration, work, ecology or even school should be on the menu of the interview.
One thing is sure, Emmanuel Macron wishes to “lay the foundations for the start of the new school year” with “very strong markers of authority and unity” during this interview slip close advisers to the press. And for good reason, the recovery promises to be difficult with a still relative majority and major reforms in the sights. The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, could show on the announcements of the Head of State, during her visit scheduled for noon on France Blueat the end of the Council of Ministers.
Macron’s political line and the difficult search for a majority
If Emmanuel Macron has promised a “rapid” implementation of his “major political initiative”, the success of his project will depend in part on the opposition. The Head of State is therefore counting on the “republican arc” with which he will have to negotiate to allow the reforms to pass the test of the National Assembly. The search for a majority on a case-by-case basis, in particular with the elected representatives of the right, seems to be the preferred strategy.
A right represented by Les Républicains that will have to be spared. The majority is not calm when it comes to the hypothesis of a motion of censure tabled or voted by the LR party and which would then be able to overthrow the government. While at the end of September the finance bill and the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) must be presented to the Assembly, the Prime Minister assured BFMTV that she was ready to use article 49.3 of the Constitution to pass the texts. A choice that will not be without risk.