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09:49, July 15, 2023
In addition to the national holiday, this Friday, July 14 represented a deadline for the President of the Republic after the “100 days of appeasement”. For journalist and columnist Franz-Olivier Giesbert, a reshuffle of the government by Emmanuel Macron will not detract from his “a little offhand way of governing”.
The “100 days of appeasement” wanted by the President of the Republic after the strong challenge to the pension reform, have just passed. This national holiday of July 14 also represented the date on which Emmanuel Macron was to decide on the adoption of the text of the law by parliamentarians after its popular rejection. A few words on the recent riots following the death of Nahel, killed by a police officer, were also expected this Friday. But the head of state decided otherwise and preferred to play the card of discretion. For journalist and editorial writer Franz-Olivier Giesbert, guest of Europe 1 this morning, this is only proof of his “a little casual way of governing.”
A president who “does not preside”
The question of the reshuffle is then in many minds, facing a president who “does not chair”, but who “governs in place of the ministers”, according to Franz-Olivier Giesbert. Precisely, for the latter, “changing Borne will not change anything. The main thing for Macron would be to realize that he lost the legislative elections last year, and therefore that he form a coalition with The Republicans and part of the left, to recover the votes it lacks.”
Especially since for the journalist, the president “has a very impressive propensity to surround himself with bells”, hence the urgent need to rethink the composition of the government. “The Borne problem, I think it’s more of a Macron problem,” he further believes. “That is to say, he has to make up his mind and draw conclusions from the situation, otherwise he will continue like this in agony for three, three and a half years.”