STORY – The young liberal president, who committed himself in 2017 to a program of emancipation and autonomy of citizens, has, under the duress of crises – from “yellow vests” to the war in Ukraine through the pandemic – on the contrary, organized the expansion of the state in the economy.
“So yes, can we really be the same as five years ago?To embody his mantra of continuity in change, Emmanuel Macron launched a bridge, during his river speech last Saturday at the U Arena de la Défense, between his current candidacy, as sluggish as it is obvious, and the tension conqueror who brought him to power in 2017. “The world of forward march continues progress that we had come to believe unwavering, it all seems to be unraveling before our eyes”recognized the president-candidate, even sacrificing to the inevitable “return of tragedy in history”. A worried note, far removed from the triumphant tone displayed five years ago. “I believe in the spirit of the Enlightenment which means that our objective is indeed the autonomy of free, conscious and critical man”, then advanced an Emmanuel Macron obsessed with the idea of giving everyone the means for their emancipation. Liberal, the young president assumed a return to the thinking of the revolutionaries of 1790, founded…
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