The President of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, proclaimed Emmanuel Macron President of the Republic on Wednesday for having won the absolute majority of the vote, 58.55%, in the second round of the presidential election on Sunday. Our journalist Bruno Jeudy tells in Paris Match the last days of a “funny campaign” and the first moments after his re-election.
“The hardest part begins!” loose Emmanuel Macron in front of his first circle. It is a little after 7 p.m. this Sunday, April 24. In his office at the Élysée, the president-candidate discovers the results that his advisers, Jonathan Guémas and Clément Léonarduzzi, have just sent him. Radiant, he gets up and warmly thanks his close guard. Three quarters of an hour later, the re-elected president descends into the hall of the palace. The staff and members of the cabinet are massed in front of the giant screen which broadcasts the announcement of his victory. Brigitte stands by his side. The couple is strafed by this small world armed with cell phones. Moment of joy. They will be rare on this evening of success.
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After the celebration at the Champ-de-Mars, rather than find his campaign staff, Emmanuel Macron himself chose to withdraw to the Lantern, the royal hunting lodge that has become the private residence of the Presidents of the Republic. Brigitte Macron wanted him to rest during this week of transition.
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The schedule for the next few days is almost known. The day after the official proclamation of the results by Laurent Fabius, Wednesday, will be held the last Council of Ministers of the outgoing government. Then Emmanuel Macron will give himself a few days to refine his new device, governmental and partisan. The investiture ceremony is scheduled to take place on May 8. Immediately, Emmanuel Macron should sacrifice the rite of the official visit to the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz. The opportunity, perhaps, to push east to kyiv, at the invitation of President Zelensky. An international sequence which will put gravity back into the stakes. Then we should know the name of Jean Castex’s successor, as well as the composition of the new government. As always, the grand lottery is in full swing. And as usual with Emmanuel Macron, the most certain thing is surprise…
Find the full story of Bruno Jeudy, as well as the portrait of Emmanuel Macron, the king alone signed Emilie Lanez in number 3808 of Paris Match.