This Monday, December 27, Emmanuel Macron organized a new health defense council. A meeting with a rather special atmosphere for the participants shortly before the speeches of Jean Castex and Olivier Véran.
The end of year vacation was short for Emmanuel Macron. With the rise of the Omicron variant and the rate of people infected with Covid-19 which continues to climb, the President of the Republic and his ministers have not really been able to enjoy the Christmas holidays as they should. If the head of state had told RTL during an interview with children that he was planning to spend New Years Eve with his wife Brigitte and his children and grandchildren, the festive atmosphere quickly subsided. Emmanuel Macron had to organize a new Health Defense Council and a Council of Ministers before a speech by Jean Castex and Olivier Véran around 7:30 p.m., this Monday, December 27. The goal? Fix the new restrictive measures to stem the epidemic a few days before New Year’s Eve and back to school.
“Part of the executive was there”
But before Jean Castex once again addresses the French, while making a big mistake in conjugation and being wrong about the date of New Year’s Eve, Emmanuel Macron spoke at length with his ministers even ifhe was far from Paris. In The Parisian, one participant even unveiled the very special atmosphere of these meetings without the presence of the president. “It gave a little strange atmosphere. Part of the executive was there, at the Elysee … but not him“, we can read. The daily reveals thatEmmanuel Macron was in videoconference from Fort Brégançon, in the Var, where he visibly spends his holidays with his First Lady. A haven of peace for the Head of State, who However, does not have peace of mind in this health crisis. The start of the school year promises to be very difficult for the president who relishes every second away from the Elysee Palace and all the tensions.