Jacques Serais
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8:42 a.m., January 22, 2022
The Head of State has still not officially declared himself a candidate for the presidential election. He had conditioned his candidacy on the improvement of the health situation. It is now done. And the major European deadlines are behind him. But what is he waiting for?
Two things kept Emmanuel Macron from getting into the presidential race: his speech in the European Parliament and the health situation. Emmanuel Macron having conditioned his entry into the campaign to an improvement on the front of the epidemic. In two days, these two imperatives were crossed off the list. Emmanuel Macron was in Strasbourg on Wednesday and Thursday evening. Jean Castex, by unveiling the timetable for emerging from the crisis, has cleared the horizon.
Between 15 days and a month of (false) suspense
From now on, the countdown is therefore on for Emmanuel Macron. Between 15 days and a month: this is now the time that separates him from his declaration of candidacy according to some of these relatives. The time that the epidemic decline is confirmed. Time also to create an ever stronger expectation to stay at the center of the game.
More than ever, each of his movements and each of his statements will be monitored and analyzed. Especially since the vagueness still persists on how the head of state could announce his candidacy. His entourage does not exclude the idea that he pronounced it during an exchange in the middle of a crowd.