This is the observation on the first page of the Parisian after the remarkable exit of Emmanuel Macron yesterday in the columns of the newspaper: ” the unvaccinated, I really want to piss them off … “A little sentence that sparked the wrath of the opposition and almost all the commentators …
Release fulminates: “ all-out populist », Launches the daily in One. “With this outing, the Head of State set the tone for his re-election campaign, abandoning the debate of ideas to adopt the populist rhetoric of Eric Zemmour », Denounces Libéwhich continues:” farewell to presidential clothes, to the greatness of the function, to the camp of reason, to the debate of ideas: clearly preferring a second round against Eric Zemmour, the President of the Republic adopts his language and his rhetoric. It is therefore, as ministers and majority deputies immediately explained, “talk cash” and to say aloud what the French say quietly, like all populists (…) ” .
Declared populism?
” Democratic malaise », Goes on Le Figaro . ” By choosing to focus on 10% of French people the fear, fatigue, impatience caused by two years of Covid, Emmanuel Macron not only exempt his government from all its shortcomings, he installs, voluntarily, in the hope of ‘to profit from it politically, the unhealthy“them and us” that we blame for populism. The Walkers like to denounce those who “play on fears”, “stigmatize” population categories and “do business” anger. What else are they doing? ”
Humanitystrangles on the first page: “ Unworthy! (…) The versatile Emmanuel Macron, in the presidential starting blocks, returns to the register he masters best: that of cleavage and contempt. “
The sprinkler watered?
In fact, it’s Macron who now finds himself pissed off, believes Opinion: “wanting to shock, here are the annoyances. Because what is vulgar in the mouth of a simple presidential candidate cannot be said by a sitting president. And because not having declared that he was formally a candidate while allowing himself to speak as if he was, Emmanuel Macron risks destroying his entry into the campaign.”
“Politically it’s great art, affirmsThe Telegram. But it is democratically dangerous. When emotion and the manipulation of feelings take precedence over the need to unite, a new layer of confidence in power collapses.”
“One little sentence too many“, spearSouth West. “Emmanuel Macron is the president of all French people, including those who are not vaccinated, and while it must sometimes be said frankly, his function is to unite and appease rather than to split or provoke.”
The crossdrives the point home: “the file is already sufficiently sensitive and divisive not to add more. We do not know what this bluster will cost or bring back to Emmanuel Macron in terms of electoral dynamics. On the other hand, we know that it has contributed nothing to the quality of the public debate.”
Positioning tactics?
We come back toParisianwho recognizes that “the form is quite bold… “, corn “for the bottom, the provocation of Emmanuel Macron can have a double tactical advantage for him,the newspaper estimates.By reactivating the antagonism with the antivax, it will undoubtedly re-mobilize the conspirators of all stripes and with them the extreme right whose positions on the anti-Covid fight are both fluctuating and embarrassed. As if the president chose his opponents (Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour) to weaken Valérie Pécresse, more dangerous in a second round. Emmanuel Macron is also betting on public opinion, pointThe Parisian, who is exasperated by the selfishness and inconsistency of the antivax. The latter clutter (indeed) the emergency departments, without worrying about the deprogramming of surgical interventions or the exhaustion of the nursing staff.”
Finally, tipProgress, the result of this little sentence: “outbursts of Marine Le Pen, Eric Zemmour and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, waltz-hesitation of the socialists, change of course of Valérie Pécresse of the protest Tuesday at the“accountability”Wednesday. Clearly, Emmanuel Macron forced his opponents to position themselves in relation to him. Cynical, perhaps, but effective.“