What would politics be without its stunts, its low blows, its twisted blows, its dirty tricks…? Because, as Edouard Philippe would say, “we have to do things seriously without taking ourselves seriously”, the political service of L’Express offers to immerse you in the corridors of power thanks to a weekly meeting, on our website .
A journalist as a pilot
Emmanuel Macron has been talking about it for a long time, long before the JDD affair. The Estates General on the “right to information” will be launched in September, and it is Christophe Deloire, secretary general of Reporters Without Borders, who will lead them. “The Élysée will be held at a distance, we give the steering committee the keys to the truck”, specifies a close friend of the president.
Europeans: Berger’s name
Laurent Berger confided it to a friend: he was approached by leaders of the anti-Nupes social-democratic left to find out if being at the top of the list for the European elections in June 2024 was likely to interest him. But the one who is now the former secretary general of the CFDT has closed the door twice: he does not want to dive into politics.
Elysée-Matignon: the lunch that gets people talking
A few days ago, the feathers of the Elysée crossed the Seine to have lunch with the feathers of Matignon. And when they returned, there was no photo: “How happy we are to work with Emmanuel Macron!”. Enough to maintain the reputation of Elisabeth Borne, who would not be the last to give bird names to the authors of some of her speeches…
Roussel with small onions with Macron
Barely had the president of the committee supporting the pantheonization of the resistant Missak Manouchian finished his interview with Emmanuel Macron on June 16, that the national secretary of the PCF sent a message to the head of state to thank him for being favorable. to the project. At the end of May, Fabien Roussel had already warned Emmanuel Macron himself of the death of the communist resistant Odette Nilès, the widow of Guy Mocquet.
Faure, elephants and mice
Olivier Faure finds nothing wrong with Emma Rafowicz. The boss of the MJS attacked the “old” anti-Nupes elephants who find themselves around Bernard Cazeneuve. For a bit, he would almost share the analysis. “Since when are elephants afraid of little mice?”, he grins at L’Express.