MACRON INSTALLMENT. Re-elected for a second term, Emmanuel Macron will be officially invested this Saturday, May 7, 2022. The inauguration ceremony of the President of the Republic will take place at 11 a.m. at the Élysée. What is the protocol to know? Which guests are expected? The Internet user takes stock.
[Mis à jour le 6 mai 2022 à 21h14] This Saturday, May 7, will take place the investiture ceremony of Emmanuel Macron to launch his second term. After his victory in the presidential elections, the Head of State will participate for the second time in this traditional event of the Fifth Republic. A first since Jacques Chirac’s re-election in 2002. Indeed, the two previous presidents, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, served only one term. Thus, the famous handshake between the new President and the outgoing on the steps of the Élysée will not take place. The ceremony therefore promises to be shorter than usual. But what is the program planned by the executive to mark the event? Who are the expected personalities? Answers below.
A sober and short ceremony. The Élysée Palace has set the tone for holding Emmanuel Macron’s investiture ceremony, which is to be held this Saturday, May 7, 2022. From 11 a.m., it will take place in the village hall of the Élysée Palace. . “It will be short and should last between an hour and an hour and a half”, indicates the presidential palace. This date of May 7 was not chosen by chance, it is that of the election of Emmanuel Macron for his first term as President of the Republic.
The protocol is strict, in the right republican line. After the reading of the official results of the second round of the presidential election by the President of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, Emmanuel Macron will be recognized as Grand Master of the Legion of Honor. Then the Grand Chancellor, General Pugat, will present the Head of State with the gold collar of the order. Finally, the time for the inaugural speech will come. According to echoes from the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron’s speech should last about fifteen minutes.
To close the investiture ceremony, the President of the Republic will visit the gardens of the Élysée. There, he will pay homage to the flag to the sound of the Marseillaise. Finally, he will review the troops. At the same time, at the Invalides, 21 cannon shots will be fired.
450 guests are expected, apart from family members and relatives of the Head of State. The President of the Republic wished that “those who marked the last five-year term and those who will give the paw of the next one be present”. And to add: “There will be representatives of health, youth, mayors, athletes, heads of unit of combatants who died for France, supporters and friends, as well as representatives of employers’ corporations and unions.”
Emmanuel Macron’s speech is still unclear less than 24 hours before the investiture ceremony. However, the Élysée has hinted that the newly re-elected President of the Republic should not make a general policy speech. According to the presidential palace, the head of state’s speech “will be part of the country’s history and will open up to the future”.
Many guests will be present, starting with the presidents of the National Assembly (Richard Ferrand) and the Senate (Gérard Larcher), but above all Laurent Fabius, the president of the Constitutional Council, who will proclaim the official victory speech of the leader of the ‘State. In all they will be 450 to be present, including François Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, Édouard Philippe, Christophe Castaner or even Nicole Belloubet… But not only! “There will be representatives of health, youth, mayors, sportsmen, heads of unit of combatants who died for France, supporters and friends, as well as representatives of employers’ corporations and trade unions”, explains- we on the side of the Elysée.
While Emmanuel Macron has been re-elected President of the Republic, the question of the interest of an investiture ceremony arises, the Head of State being already in office. But as in 1988 and 2002, a whole solemn protocol must be respected in order to officially open the new five-year term. However, during the previous two, neither pomp nor grandeur were on the agenda. Sobriety and speed were essential. Twenty years ago, Jacques Chirac had the ceremony expedited: 15 minutes watch in hand.
If it seems trivial, this meeting is nevertheless an opportunity to convey messages during the speeches. Thus, during his victory in 2002, Jacques Chirac had not hesitated to congratulate himself on a “failure of the temptation of extremism” after the heavy defeat of Jean-Marie Le Pen, adding the caps to be given to his five-year term, between “national cohesion”, “reinforced solidarity”, “equal rights” or even “state authority”. Emmanuel Macron will he reiterate for his part his remarks of 2017 on “France [qui] doubt of itself” or on “the power of France [qui] is not declining”?