After a difficult year 2023, marked by pension reform and the rapid adoption of the immigration bill, Emmanuel Macron is trying to breathe new life into his five-year term. First step, this Tuesday evening from 8:15 p.m.: the Head of State responds to the barrage of questions from journalists, during an “XXL” press conference, an initiative which is part of the “rendez- you with the nation” announced by the President of the Republic.
Announcements on “rearmament”
The Head of State will make a certain number of announcements on the economic and civic “rearmament” of France in an introductory speech lasting around twenty minutes, promises the Elysée.
What can he announce? Prime Minister Gabriel Attal promised Tuesday morning, in front of the deputies of his relative majority, “to step on the accelerator with strong measures”, but said he was “lucid” about the “uncertain” economic and political contexts. tense”. The new tenant of Matignon clarified this afternoon before the National Assembly that he planned to deliver his general policy speech to Parliament on January 30.
“Boldness, boldness, boldness”, hammered for his part, Monday evening at the Elysée, the President of the Republic in front of parliamentarians, setting the tone for this “Year II” of the five-year term .
Macron facing the risk of disconnection
The President of the Republic must correct the situation after the start of his new government and faces a risk of disconnection with public opinion. The new team is already grappling with a controversy surrounding the Minister of Education Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, and as our journalist Eric Mandonnet explains, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, by his career as by his chosen land ( Hauts-de-Seine), does not spontaneously appear to be the best placed to address the France of the yellow vests.
Hundreds of journalists
The press conference will be held from 8:15 p.m., a rather unusual time, right in the middle of the evening television news, but which also promises to attract the greatest number of people. It will be broadcast from the Elysée on TF1, France 2 and the news channels, and could last at least an hour and a half. The government of Gabriel Attal, appointed last Thursday, will sit down for the occasion in the imposing decor of the Elysée village hall.
In front of the hundreds of journalists present, the president will outline the dynamic he intends to give to this “Year II” of the five-year term and the way in which he intends to meet the challenges facing the country.