Jacques Serais / Photo credits: Bertrand GUAY / AFP
Between his clear position on the war in Ukraine, the inclusion of voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG) in the Constitution and the announcement of the end-of-life bill, the Head of State monopolizes the public debate and it is far from being a coincidence.
What does Emmanuel Macron want? The head of state goes to the front and does not advance in the open. The president of “at the same time” takes a position. After the inclusion of voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion) in the Constitution, which will forever remain as a marker of his years at the Élysée, the President of the Republic now wants to allow assisted suicide and euthanasia.
A progressive head of state?
Dividing societal choices that fit into its political agenda. Because although he hesitated for a long time and consulted a lot, it was finally three months before the European elections that he decided to reveal his game. A way of showing himself as holding a progressive line and dividing. Divide your adversaries such as The Republicans or the National Rally, far from being unanimous on such issues.
A strategy already at work regarding the war in Ukraine. The President himself requested the holding of a debate this Tuesday and Wednesday in Parliament on the Franco-Ukrainian security agreement. The main objective of the executive will be to denounce the ambiguities of the RN towards Russia. All the meaning of the start of the campaign of the head of the Macronist list Valérie Hayer, left behind in the polls by Jordan Bardella.