Although the President of the Republic delivered an initial message through his entourage after the announcement of the results of the second round of the legislative elections, he remains evasive for the moment about his future speech.
“Caution” would be the first word uttered by Emmanuel Macron when the results of the second round of the legislative elections were announced, a score that does not see the predicted RN wave come to fruition but on the contrary leaves a very uncertain composition of the National Assembly with a New Popular Front in the lead with 182 seats ahead of the presidential majority (168 seats) and the RN and its allies in third place (143 seats) according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior released overnight.
From now on, the President of the Republic will speak out, in particular to announce the name of the next Prime Minister (or not), if he were to keep Gabriel Attal in his functions for the coming months, to avoid a high-speed upheaval. Despite the fact that the tenant of Matignon announced that he would hand in his resignation, as is the republican custom, this Monday, July 8, 2024. But for the time being, no official speech by Emmanuel Macron has been mentioned by the pleasure of the Elysée. Indeed, he should not speak before next week, the opportunity for him to wait for the new National Assembly to structure itself after the upheavals caused by the second round of the legislative elections, proclaiming the New Popular Front as the new main political force in the country, ahead of the Macron camp and the National Rally.
Macron silent this Sunday, expected in Washington on Tuesday
After the results of the legislative elections, the President of the Republic, according to his entourage and indiscretions relayed by BFM TV, noted that the results do not answer an essential question: “who to govern?” Will Emmanuel Macron speak again in the coming hours? If his speech in the form of an official address on June 9 had left its mark since it was synonymous with an announcement of the dissolution of the National Assembly, the President of the Republic had chosen another method after the first round of the legislative elections on Sunday, June 30. Emmanuel Macron had indeed delivered a message to the French as soon as the first results were known at 8 p.m., but it was through a written message, a press release sent to AFP and quickly transmitted by all the media.
This Sunday, he remained silent when the results were announced, on a day when he voted in Le Touquet at lunchtime before heading to Paris. Before the results at 8 p.m., a meeting was scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Elysée Palace according to BFM TV and Le Figaro. The daily newspaper specifies that this meeting was to be held in the presence of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, himself a candidate in Hauts-de-Seine and the party leaders of the outgoing majority. Will it be used to put in place a communication strategy, a message to the French? As a reminder, by drawing the weapon of dissolution, Emmanuel Macron “burned” an important card of the attributions of the President of the Republic. The Constitution also provides for a period of one year between two possible dissolutions. Emmanuel Macron’s program for the coming days is already partly known. The head of state is indeed expected in the United States on Tuesday as part of a NATO summit planned in Washington.