MACRON INSTALLMENT. The president elected for a second term at the end of April was officially invested this Saturday, May 7, 2022. Emmanuel Macron’s inaugural speech focused not on the content, but at least the tone of his next 5 years in power . Follow the day of nomination live…
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- The ceremony and the investiture speech of Emmanuel Macron have been scheduled for this Saturday, May 7, 2022, in the morning. The act of launching the second term of the Head of State has been set on a symbolic date: 5 years ago to the day, Emmanuel Macron won the presidential election.
- The investiture ceremony, in the village hall of the Elysée Palace, will have been shorter than for the previous five-year term. After the proclamation of his victory by Laurent Fabius, President of the Constitutional Council, Emmanuel Macron spoke during a short speech, before greeting his guests, including Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande.
- Follow this new political highlight of 2022 live.
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11:26 – Emmanuel Macron talks with Édouard Philippe
Emmanuel Macron and his former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe had a warm exchange, far from the tensions reported in the press in recent days on the sidelines of the nominations for the legislative elections.
11:23 – Emmanuel Macron greets the guests
Emmanuel Macron’s speech is over. The reinvested President of the Republic now goes around the guests to greet them one by one.
11:20 – Emmanuel Macron wants to bequeath “a more liveable planet and a more lively France”
Emmanuel Macron, to close his speech, announced the legacy he wishes to bequeath at the end of his second five-year term: “Each day of the mandate that opens, I will have only one compass: to serve our country, our fellow citizens, our children.” In addition, Emmanuel Macron made a promise in the form of an oath: “to bequeath a more liveable planet and a more lively France”.
11:18 – “Let’s be faithful to the values of freedom, equality, fraternity and secularism” insists Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron recalls the values of France and calls for “looking reality in the face”: “It is in the most difficult times that France reveals the best of itself. At this time when the century is turning, we “We have together to trace a path and show a way. Let’s have the courage to look reality in the face. Let’s be faithful to the values of freedom, equality, fraternity and secularism. Let’s continue to love the Republic and all that she takes away. Let’s love our homeland.”
11:15 – A watchword: “act”
During his inaugural speech, Emmanuel Macron insisted: he wants to “act”. Thus, the newly re-elected president assures that he does not want to “extend” the previous mandate, but now wants to “act”. This is why he will put at the heart of his next five-year term “an ever more inclusive school”, “health accessible everywhere in the territory, “work for equality between women and men”, build a “strong army”, fight “against the insecurities of everyday life” and “bring together and bring together our territories”. To do this, Emmanuel Macron will rely on a “new method”.
11:12 – “The French people have chosen a clear and explicit project for the future”
Emmanuel Macron is “aware of the gravity of the times with me”. And to explain: “From the return of war in Europe to the pandemic and the ecological emergency, our country has rarely been faced with such a combination of challenges. The French people have chosen a clear and explicit for the future, a European project, of independence, of scientific, social and ecological progress.”
11:09 – Emmanuel Macron, Grand Master of the National Order of the Legion of Honor
As announced upstream, and following protocol, Emmanuel Macron was made Grand Master of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. He now speaks.
11:07 – Laurent Fabius quotes Victor Hugo
Addressing the newly re-elected president, Laurent Fabius recalled the various crises (social, health, ecological) experienced during the last five-year term and those to come. For this, the President of the Constitutional Council quoted Victor Hugo: “In these troubled times, let us be the servants of the law and the slaves of duty.”
11:04 – Laurent Fabius announces the results officially
Facing Emmanuel Macron, the President of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, announced the results of the presidential election. With 18,779,641 votes obtained in the second round of the presidential election, Emmanuel Macron is therefore re-elected President of the Republic: “Mr. President of the Republic, on Sunday April 24, 2022, you collected 18,678,639 votes, that is that is to say the absolute majority of the votes cast. The Constitutional Council has proclaimed you President of the Republic for a term of five years.”
11:02 – Emmanuel Macron enters
Emmanuel Macron enters the village hall of the Élysée. The investiture ceremony begins.
10:59 – The new Prime Minister will not be known today
Gabriel Attal, government spokesman, told France 2 that the name of the next Prime Minister will not be known today: “Jean Castex’s government will go through to the end of Emmanuel Macron’s first term. , which ends on May 13.”
10:57 – Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande side by side
The two former Presidents of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy (2007-2012) and François Hollande (2012-2017) are side by side to await the arrival of Emmanuel Macron. Alongside them are all the members of the current government. Indeed, no reshuffle has yet been announced.
10:55 – François Hollande is there
Announced among the 450 guests at Emmanuel Macron’s investiture ceremony, François Hollande is present at the Élysée Palace. The former President of the Republic is one of the last guests to arrive on the steps of his former residence for five years (2012-2017).
10:52 – How will the investiture ceremony take place? (2)
After the reading of the official results of the second round of the presidential election by the President of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, Emmanuel Macron will be recognized this Saturday morning as Grand Master of the Legion of Honor. Then the Grand Chancellor, General Pugat, will present the Head of State with the gold collar of the order. Finally, the time for the inaugural speech will come. To close the investiture ceremony, the President of the Republic will visit the gardens of the Élysée. There, he will pay homage to the flag to the sound of the Marseillaise. Finally, he will review the troops. At the same time, at the Invalides, 21 cannon shots will be fired.
10:49 – How will the investiture ceremony take place? (1)
While Emmanuel Macron’s investiture ceremony will begin in about ten minutes, we take stock of its progress. The protocol of the investiture ceremony is strict, in line with the Republican line. It is a question of officially investing the new President of the Republic, elected almost two weeks ago, to allow him to officially begin his mandate (the previous mandate of Emmanuel Macron ends on May 13). It is the Constitutional Council which is responsible for this highly symbolic mission.
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The protocol of the investiture ceremony is strict, in line with the Republican line. It is a question of officially investing the new President of the Republic, elected almost two weeks ago, to allow him to officially begin his mandate (the previous mandate of Emmanuel Macron ends on May 13). It is the Constitutional Council which is responsible for this highly symbolic mission. After the reading of the official results of the second round of the presidential election by the President of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, Emmanuel Macron will be recognized this Saturday morning as Grand Master of the Legion of Honor. Then the Grand Chancellor, General Pugat, will present the Head of State with the gold collar of the order. Finally, the time for the inaugural speech will come.
To close the investiture ceremony, the President of the Republic will visit the gardens of the Élysée. There, he will pay homage to the flag to the sound of the Marseillaise. Finally, he will review the troops. At the same time, at the Invalides, 21 cannon shots will be fired.
While Emmanuel Macron has been re-elected President of the Republic, the question of the interest of an investiture ceremony arises, the Head of State being already in office. But as in 1988 and 2002, a whole solemn protocol must be respected in order to officially open the new five-year term. However, during the previous two, neither pomp nor grandeur were on the agenda. Sobriety and speed were essential. Twenty years ago, Jacques Chirac had the ceremony expedited: 15 minutes watch in hand.
If it seems trivial, this meeting is nevertheless an opportunity to convey messages during the speeches. Thus, during his victory in 2002, Jacques Chirac had not hesitated to congratulate himself on a “failure of the temptation of extremism” after the heavy defeat of Jean-Marie Le Pen, adding the caps to be given to his five-year term, between “national cohesion”, “reinforced solidarity”, “equal rights” or even “state authority”. Emmanuel Macron will he reiterate for his part his remarks of 2017 on “France [qui] doubt of itself” or on “the power of France [qui] is not declining”?
According to echoes from the Élysée Palace, Emmanuel Macron’s inaugural speech should last about fifteen minutes. The Head of State’s speech should not list the measures he has planned in his program, ‘Elysée hinted that he should not make a general policy speech. According to the presidential palace, the speech of the newly re-elected President of the Republic “will be part of the country’s history and will open up to the future”. It will be a question of setting the tone for the next five-year term, with no doubt a call for unity, more than its overall content.
450 guests are expected, apart from family members and relatives of the Head of State. The President of the Republic wished that “those who marked the last five-year term and those who will give the paw of the next one be present”. And to add: “There will be representatives of health, youth, mayors, athletes, heads of unit of combatants who died for France, supporters and friends, as well as representatives of employers’ corporations and unions.”
The presidents of the National Assembly (Richard Ferrand) and of the Senate (Gérard Larcher) will be present, but above all Laurent Fabius, the president of the Constitutional Council, who will officially proclaim the victory of the head of state and invest him as president. François Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, Edouard Philippe, Christophe Castaner or even Nicole Belloubet were also invited.
“There will be representatives of health, youth, mayors, sportsmen, heads of unit of combatants who died for France, supporters and friends, as well as representatives of employers’ corporations and trade unions”, explains- we on the side of the Elysée. 160 to 170 soldiers will also be present. Emmanuel Macron opted for soldiers from the Legion, the National Navy and in particular sailors from Le Monge, a key building in France’s nuclear deterrent.