During a dinner at the Élysée this Wednesday evening, the President of the Republic sharply dismissed the heavyweights of the majority and in particular the parliamentarians, with a view to Europeans.
The latest polls do not seem to delight the President of the Republic. While the majority candidate, Valérie Hayer, caps at 18% of voting intentions for the next European elections, far behind the RN list led by Jordan Bardella (30%), it is the PS/Place publique list who has been popular in recent weeks and is catching up with the Macronists, with 12% of voting intentions according to the latest Euronews/Ipsos poll. A dynamic, among other things, which quite irritated Emmanuel Macron this week.
“Now is the time for commentary rather than mobilization, I would like that to change”
On the night of Wednesday to Thursday March 21, 2024, the Head of State summoned ministers on the subject of public finances to the Elysée, then followed up with a meeting in the presence of the heavyweights of the majority on the subject of Europeans. According to information from Le Parisien, his gaze quickly turned to Sylvain Maillard, boss of the Renaissance deputies in the National Assembly. “Now is the time for commentary rather than mobilization, I would like that to change,” he said.
Annoyed? It is the least we can say. And particularly towards parliamentarians. “He wanted to signal the need to make things happen. To make it clear that this is an existential fight for the majority. An issue of European civilization,” a source close to the Palais told Le Parisien. Emmanuel Macron would like to put the church back in the center of the village. In other words, defend the DNA of Macronism: Europe. So, what’s better than the European elections? It is clear that everything does not go as he had hoped.
“We need a real takeover of the troops”
The lack of mobilization would have difficulty getting through to the president. As reported by Le Parisien, a discussion was launched to set up an audit of the campaign. “We will look at who does, and who does not. For those who do nothing, there will be consequences” explains a source close to the matter to the daily. “There is always something to say, but when it comes to proposing, making notes, some disappear” he concludes.
The admonitions are not over. According to information from Politico, the head of state also asked for a better defense of the results of his MEPs as well as clear proposals for the month of April. The objective? Show “that we are at the meeting point of History. We need a real takeover of the troops, to mobilize much more”. See you in a few weeks to find out the effects of this rather tough dinner.