Around Emmanuel Macron, just like the vice, the first circle is tightening. In great political difficulty after the rout suffered by his Minister of the Interior, the President of the Republic seems to no longer be connected with the realities of the country and no longer knows what footing to dance on regarding his political project, write our colleagues from Point in their edition of this Thursday, December 14, during a long analysis. Not supporting contradiction but no longer in phase with society, Emmanuel Macron only surrounds himself with yes-men or faithful in whom his trust is acquired.
Among them, his right-hand man since the beginning, already present when he occupied the Bercy offices, the secretary general Alexis Kohler. However, perhaps the time has come for him to hand overrevealed Point : “You’re a skeleton! You look super tired” a friend would have warned her, while on Emmanuel Macron’s side, Nicolas Sarkozy would play the same music: “In the name of Elysian breathing, don’t be like me who took too long to replace Claude Gueantchange general secretary!” he would have advised him. Nothing to do, the two men, each relying on the other for this sacred mission, refuse to leave each other.
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Alexis Kohler: will the Olympics mark his departure?
However, Alexis Kohler, like the president’s other collaborators, is not not free from errors : Emmanuel Macron’s non-campaign for the presidential and legislative elections of 2022 emanated in particular from his mind: “The Élysée cabinet is the weakest in the Ve Republic. The president let Alexis Kohler extend his influence, they live in a bubble” analyzed and concluded the essayist Alain Minc.
The end of the collaboration between the two men could therefore finally arrive. According to a source close to the secretary general who spoke to the PointKohler could bow out “after the Olympics” : “He needs to get out of his office and get some sun! Even his wife wants him to stop” would also have added a member of the government. It remains to be seen whether the exhaustion felt by Alexis Kohler is more important than the sensation provided by the power he has possessed for almost a decade now. When you stay at the top for so long, it’s hard to come out unscathed…
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