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In an interview with the “Figaro Magazine” last week, Emmanuel Macron announced a major political initiative at the start of the school year without providing further details. For now, the political class wants to be rather skeptical while speculation is rife.
What will Emmanuel Macron announce at the start of the school year? Difficult to answer this question as the promise of the president remains vague. In an interview given to Figaro Magazine, the Head of State spoke last week of a “major political initiative”, without further details. Hypotheses are flourishing but for the time being, the political class wants to be skeptical.
Starting with the president’s own camp, kept away from this announcement, synonymous with a new course set for the start of the school year after the famous 100 days decided the day after the difficult adoption of the pension reform. The Head of State still seems to be looking for a new lease of life in this second five-year term, without an absolute majority in the Assembly.
The RN and LFI, kept away
And if, at this stage, nothing has filtered around this major political initiative, Emmanuel Macron’s idea would be to bring together different parties around a handful of texts that are sufficiently consensual to be adopted. With the objective of displaying a certain cohesion as the Rugby World Cup and the Olympic Games approach, both organized in France.
However, not all political formations would be welcome. The National Rally and La France insoumise, chosen by more than 20 million French people during the last presidential election but deemed outside the republican field by the executive, should thus be kept out. Emmanuel Macron would rather have in mind to work with the Greens, the Socialist Party and especially Les Républicains, even if the party of Eric Ciotti has always refused so far the idea of a coalition with the president.