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The Mobilier national delivers the furniture to the Élysée for European Heritage Days, September 17 and 18: a first in the history of the Palace.
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By Julie Malaure
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MNext Wednesday, as tradition dictates, the members of Elisabeth Borne’s government will meet, with Emmanuel Macron, around a table at the Élysée Palace to decide on the future of the country. It is called the “table of the council of ministers”, wrongly. Lift the colossal petticoat that covers it and you will discover… trestles! A rough forest of wooden legs supporting planks…worthy of a village hall banquet! “There is no table, and there never was! » says Hervé Lemoine, director of Mobilier national since 2018, an institution in charge of furnishing the Élysée.
In France, since the Ve Republic, the most important political decisions are taken on a table that does not exist. The discovery of this phantom piece of furniture – made by ha…
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