Ismaël Emelien and David Amiel: "We had identified the flaws that led to the yellow vests"

Ismaël Emelien and David Amiel, Emmanuel Macron's former advisors at the Élysée, point to Europe 1 "a form of paradox" in the crisis of "yellow vests".

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On paper, Ismael Emelien and David Amiel are no longer advisers to the President of the Republic. However, no connection is broken between the two men and Emmanuel Macron, with whom they continue to exchange regularly. No doubt about the "yellow vests", in particular.

"A form of paradox" in "yellow vests"

"This crisis challenges in a profound way what we have done for two years," note on Europe 1 David Amiel, author with his friend of the book Progress does not fall from the sky . According to him, there is "a form of paradox" in the "yellow vests": "much of what they expressed resembles things that the campaign of Emmanuel Macron had expressed itself two years ago," says the 26-year-old economist, citing pell-mell "the fact of living from his work", but also "the feeling of being relegated when one lives closer to roundabouts than downtowns".

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So why not anticipate the social crisis that was brewing in France? "It's still very difficult," says David Amiel at the microphone Sonia Mabrouk. "It's like an earthquake: we know where the cracks are, and I think we've identified a lot of the flaws that led to this crisis, but on the other hand, to know when, how and in what way it's going letting go is much more difficult, and I note that no one had anticipated. "

"The essential thing is what is happening now"

Earlier in the day, Ismael Emelien had estimated on RMC / BFMTV that the head of state "could not be a candidate" in the presidential election of 2022 "if we do not succeed here". "I am the first surprised that we can be surprised," he continued on Europe 1. "What I wanted to say is that the main thing is what happens now, that we focus energy and efforts to change the situation today and not to prepare something in three years. "

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The former strategist of the Elysee had announced his resignation in February, saying he wanted to devote himself to his book, after being heard by the "police police" in January, as part of the Benalla case. "I do not feel that I have done anything wrong," he said. Alexandre Benalla had transmitted to him the images of CCTV of the events of the 1st of May that he had obtained illegally via contacts within the police.