Between the many strikes due to pension reforms, the Yellow Vests and the coronavirus health crisis … Emmanuel Macron's principal has not been at rest. While the current president still has two (long) years ahead of him at the Élysée, there are many rumors to announce a cabinet reshuffle for mid-July 2020. The first to leave the government would be Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. Others even go so far as to say that the head of state would be ready to step down … to cause him to be re-elected.
Faced with this last scenario, the Palace made things clear. "We deny this information. The President of the Republic never mentioned his resignation", said the president to the AFP, report The Parisian and the Huffington post, Thursday June 11, 2020. To Figaro, the entourage of Emmanuel Macron said: “In principle, we do not rule out any hypothesis ”, before specifying: "The hypothesis of resignation was never on the agenda or even discussed in a meeting at the Elysée."
“I am sure I will win because there is no one in front”
According to an article in the Figaro, published a few days earlier, the former Prime Minister is "at a 2017 first donor circle meeting in London" took the floor to announce his resignation in view of a hasty re-election. "He clearly showed that he was ready, to use his favorite expression, to 'take the risk'" in “The coming weeks or months", can we read. According to the participants cited by our colleagues, he even launched: "I am sure I will win because there is no one in front".
Sunday June 14, 2020, Emmanuel Macron will speak at 8 p.m. to make "A return on the management of the crisis and the measures taken, such as the battle for jobs, the aid plan by sector or the Franco-German mobilization for a European strategy", announced the Elysee Palace to the AFP. His next interventions are scheduled for Sunday June 28, and before July 14.
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