The first lady would have been aware of the president’s intentions well before it took effect. She explains that people close to Emmanuel Macron had been consulted and denies any “impulsive impulse”.
Emmanuel Macron surprised more than one by announcing the dissolution of the National Assembly on June 9, 2024, after the crushing defeat of the presidential camp in the European elections, and the victory of the RN. This decision was widely commented on within the political sphere, with notably Gabriel Attal resigning from his post as Prime Minister, a resignation which was not immediately accepted. Many therefore called it a “headshot” on the part of the president. But the first lady is clear, her decision was considered.
During an interview at RTLFriday January 10, Brigitte Macron ensures that she “followed his reasoning, his consultations”, that he was kept “up to date with the successive reasoning that he had”. She also explains “who and how he consulted” and that it was therefore “not at all” an impulse.
Brigitte Macron argues that “those who were not in the know are not happy and those who were in the know did not say that they were”, “everyone wants to be in the know” and the president would have consulted for several weeks, in order to arrive at a “mature” decision.
Soon a referendum?
In his wishes addressed to the French on December 31, Emmanuel Macron recognized that this dissolution decision caused “more division in the Assembly than solutions for the French”, then suggesting that the French would be asked for their opinion, perhaps with a referendum.
For Brigitte Macron, this slight mea-culpa means that he “hears and listens” to the thoughts that were made to the president. She justifies her husband’s choice by explaining “that he thinks that giving the French a voice is always good”, while not taking a position on a referendum: “So I can’t tell you that, I I promise I haven’t heard of it.”