In the event broadcast live on France 2 this Wednesday, October 26, the Head of State was to be questioned by Caroline Roux. But Emmanuel Macron got off to a flying start.
Laborious start for Caroline Roux in the political program this Wednesday evening, since Emmanuel Macron was determined to defend his reforms and set out the context of his explanations. This annoyed the journalist who, in fact, could not ask the President of the Republic any questions.
“At some point I will have to ask questions”
Prepared, focused, Emmanuel Macron had really planned everything for this political program during which he had to deal with emergencies in France. Purchasing power, pension reform, work, everything was going to be swept away so the president started at a pace that could not keep up Caroline Roux. Indeed, the journalist had prepared questions and found it impossible to ask the Head of State. She ended up telling him “At some point, I will have to ask questions” a bit annoyed. But Emmanuel Macron was not finished and continued to unfold his conclusive reasoning by saying “Here, we had to give some elements of context otherwise, at the end, as the other would say, we have two threads that touch each other”. But Caroline Roux obviously did not appreciate not having been able to intervene and launched a spade at the Head of State “The demonstration is over, we can move on to questions” what Emmanuel Macron immediately retorted “It’s important to demonstrate, otherwise we don’t understand anything anymore.”
From there, the President of the Republic stuck to questions and answers and a dialogue was able to be established between Caroline Roux and Emmanuel Macron. A perilous exercise especially since the show was broadcast live and in the first part of the evening. However, this is not the first time that the journalist has had the opportunity to interview the Head of State: indeed, while Emmanuel Macron had refused to participate in Elysee 2022 when he was still only a candidate, he had agreed to answer Caroline Roux’s questions twice.
Always very frank exchanges between Emmanuel Macron and Caroline Roux
This is indeed not the first time that the Head of State has answered the journalist’s questions and for good reason. According to a member of the management of France 2, who confided in Gala, “Emmanuel Macron considers it credible. He knows that she does not let go, without being aggressive. She manages to make complicated subjects accessible that could scare away the viewer“. Thus on July 14, the journalist conducted the interview alongside Anne-Claire Coudray and questioned the President of the Republic on the “Uber Files” file. The latter answered questions, with a frank style and direct as we know him.”Would you do it again after seeing what the Uber social model was?“, “Yes. Totally (…) When you are a minister, you do not do things against the advice of the government, it does not exist“, began by responding Emmanuel Macron. “Did they know?“added Caroline Roux before being reframed by the Head of State”But are you kidding or what? When you are a minister, the texts that you carry are subject to misinterpretations, there have been difficult battles. I totally defended this market opening and I would defend it again tomorrow“. A classic reunion, in short.