For his summer vacations, Emmanuel Macron takes something to work on in Fort Brégançon: between resumes under his arm to recruit new collaborators, ways of trying to renew democratic life and the staging of ideas on environmental issues, his vacations promise to be scholars. BFMTV.com summarizes what the President is supposed to hold for the next few weeks.
• Regain strength
Objective number one: to rest after an exhausting year, between the war in Ukraine, the rotating presidency of the European Union, presidential elections and an endless casting of government.
“He has an energy that has always overflowed but lately it throbs a little less,” a party executive admits half a word.
In recent weeks, criticism has also multiplied in the ranks of the executive regarding the first months of Emmanuel Macron’s second five-year term, considered out of breath: the Stade de France fiasco, the Abad affair, Uber files, keeping Caroline Cayeux in government after his controversial comments about gay people…
On the menu to recharge your batteries: jogging through the heights of Bormes-Les-Mimosas, a walk with your children and grandchildren to collect shells and a probable getaway on a jet ski, your “favorite toy” according to Bridget Macron’s confidences.
• Progress in hiring
Since the defeat of Christophe Castaner and Richard Ferrand in the legislative elections, two intimate and essential pillars of the previous five-year system, Emmanuel Macron has sought to strengthen his teams. Although he proposed to the former president of the National Assembly to join him, the latter flatly rejected any position as adviser to the Elysee, according to information from Opinion.
Another goal for the coming weeks: to finally find a replacement for Clément Léonarduzzi, the former communication adviser to the Head of State who left the presidency at the end of spring. The absence of his successor has also led to mishaps. The dinner with Saudi leader Mohammed Bin Salman, whose reputation has been sulphurous since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, should not have been made public. Finally it had to be formalized after several leaks in the press.
• Strengthen the National Renewal Council
Announced by Emmanuel Macron a few days before the first round of the legislative elections, the National Renewal Council should start operating from the second week of September. This device that will associate the political parties -despite the announced absence of the LR and the RN-, the local elected officials, the unions will have to work on proposals to renew democratic life.
“Il faut qu’il en sorte des choses vraiment fortes, qu’on puisse se qu’on est en mesure de remobiliser largement les Français et qui fasse bouger les lignes comme lors du grand débat”, advance a député qui suit le sujet close up.
Among the ways that Emmanuel Macron could think, proportionality in the next legislative elections, a sea serpent for years, the recognition of blank votes or even the announcement of citizen conventions on very specific issues as mentioned during the presidential campaign.
“We could also strike a political blow and, for example, get a former president or a former prime minister out of the hat to manage everything,” considers another one, who promises announcements “at the end of August.”
In 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy thus appointed Édouard Balladur to head a Commission of reflection and proposals on the modernization and rebalancing of the institutions before François Hollande did the same with Lionel Jospin in 2012. Without him a long time ago.
• Refine the method
Olivier Véran can ensure that the texts voted in the National Assembly, between Covid-19, purchasing power and the reform of the finance law “have not been distorted” and that “the fundamental principles of the policy carried out have been respected” during his last press conference. after the Council of Ministers, the last few weeks have left a bitter taste.
Very few deputies were present to get certain provisions to be voted on, an economy minister, Bruno Le Maire, sometimes went too far on the question of the revaluation of pensions, texts considered poorly prepared…
“Not everything was perfect in the system in the National Assembly when everything must be perfectly aligned. The President will think about how we can improve things”, advances a collaborator of the presidency.
Work meetings would also be scheduled by videoconference with Franck Riester, Delegate Minister in charge of Relations with Parliament.
• Earn points on purchasing power
Purchasing power bill, long interview on July 14 to prepare for Russian gas cuts that could cause energy bills to skyrocket even more… Emmanuel Macron knows that the start of the new school year will be complicated for many French before prices that should continue to rise.
“We do everything we can but let’s be honest. We don’t have a miraculous solution and that, we still have to find how to explain it and assume it and sometimes not hesitate to go where we are not expected”, deciphers a party executive.
Among the thoughts of the tenant of the Elysee, a possible tax on superprofits. After opening the door to this possibility during their National Day interview, all of the majority pundits said “no,” much to the chagrin of the left wing of the presidential coalition.
“That’s where we’re going to necessarily get if the big companies that have cash don’t play along. It’s all a matter of presentation and how we don’t pass it off as an anti-business measure”, however, advances a deputy from the Economic Affairs Committee. .
• Introduce yourself as an environmental president at the beginning of the school year
Emmanuel Macron had promised it during a large meeting in Marseille between the two towers: he wants to put “the environment at the center of the coming years in France”. Anxious to be sensitive to global warming in the face of accelerating heat waves this summer, the Head of State should think about several “highly aggregated” trips.
On the autumn menu: the energy bill that should privilege renewables and for which the president is betting heavily to achieve the goal of zero carbon emissions in 2050.
“On va faire le maximum pour vendre le projet de loi énergie que fait la part belle aux renouvelables et on va devrait bien le faire savoir en sortant le rouleau compresseur”, sourit-on dans l’entourage d’un des ministres qui planche sur the text.
A ministerial collaborator even dreams of a possible trip around the IPCC researchers who will meet in Geneva next September to put the finishing touches on their synthesis report.
Source: BFM TV
