Emmanuel Macron explains at 11 a.m. his decision to dissolve the National Assembly. He must launch program lines and explain how and with whom his camp’s express campaign will be carried out.
The essential
- Emmanuel Macron speaks again this Wednesday for a press conference, three days after announcing the dissolution of the National Assembly and the holding of early legislative elections on June 30 and July 7.
- The head of state took an enormous political risk, for himself and for the country, by putting his majority at stake, barely a month after the overwhelming victory of the National Rally and the discomfiture of Renaissance in the European elections.
- The president must explain his choice but also outline “first avenues for recomposition”, according to confidences from those close to Le Figaro and even give some “major programmatic orientations”. The threat of the RN will also be a point in his speech.
- The initiative of Edouard Philippe, who called on LR executives and elected officials to join him to ensure a new presidential majority will inevitably be commented on. Edouard Philippe intends to help Emmanuel Macron, but the latter also had critical words about the decision to dissolve the Assembly. The head of state must deal with a very active ally for the majority, but who shows a lot of personal ambitions.
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10:33 – Macron’s explanations on the dissolution
Emmanuel Macron will expand on several points during the press conference, but one subject is particularly awaited: the explanations of the President of the Republic on his choice to dissolve the National Assembly following the announcement of the results of the European elections , which confirmed the large victory of the National Rally. Emmanuel Macron’s radical decision was supported by some members of the majority, but strongly criticized by others who fear that the upcoming legislative elections will bring the far right into government. In the opposition, all the parties felt that Emmanuel Macron had no other choice after the defeat of his camp in the European elections but also feared that the rout of the majority would give way to an even greater rise of the RN , to the point that it has a majority in the National Assembly.
10:29 – Government and majority leaders present
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal as well as around twenty ministers will be present at Emmanuel Macron’s press conference according to information from BFMTV. according to our information. In addition to the government, representatives of the majority were invited, namely Stéphane Séjourné who is secretary general of the Macronist Renaissance party in addition to being Minister of Foreign Affairs, François Bayrou for the MoDem and Edouard Philippe who is at the head of the Horizons party.
10:24 – 1h30 to 2h conference for Emmanuel Macron
The Head of State has chosen to take part in the press conference and will therefore answer questions from journalists, nearly 200 are expected on site. Emmanuel Macron is expected to speak for 1h30 after an introductory speech lasting around 20 minutes. Note that this time the press conference will not be held at the Elysée, but at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines in Paris.
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Emmanuel Macron is due to speak this Wednesday, June 12 at a press conference, just three days after the announcement of the dissolution of the National Assembly and before the start of the official campaign for the legislative elections. Follow the presidential speech live.
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What will Emmanuel Macron say during his press conference?
After the defeat of the majority in the European elections on Sunday, Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly, causing new legislative elections on June 30 and July 7. According to the Head of State, “the rise of nationalism is a danger for our nation, for our Europe, for France’s place in Europe and the world.” “The extreme right is the impoverishment of the French and the downgrading of our country,” assured the President of the Republic, after seeing the National Rally win the European vote with more than 30% of the votes, or twice as much as his candidate Valérie Hayer.
“I heard your message, your concerns. I will not leave them unanswered,” Emmanuel Macron simply explained, when announcing the dissolution, assuring that he had “confidence in our democracy”. “Let the sovereign people have their say, there is nothing more republican,” he added, taking the risk of seeing the RN impose itself again in the early legislative elections, barely a month after its triumph in the Europeans.
Emmanuel Macron will perhaps say more about his choice and his ambition this Tuesday afternoon, during the press conference announced “outside the Elysée”. According to an interlocutor cited by Le Figaro, he should in fact “explain his choice”, but also outline “first avenues for recomposition” and even give some “major programmatic orientations”. A handful of reform ideas are expected to be launched, which will be the basis of the outgoing majority’s campaign in the coming weeks.
The Elysée has not yet communicated the time or location of the press conference. This Monday, Emmanuel Macron was in Oradour-sur-Glane, where he spoke as part of the commemorations of the massacre which took place 80 years ago in the village. “History never begins again, whether it is chosen, whether it is sometimes suffered. It is in this memory, in the ashes of Oradour that we must revive the strength of this reconciliation, the lifeblood of our project European and our still very present desire for freedom, equality and fraternity”, he said.