A Defense Council will be held this Wednesday morning at the Élysée. Faced with the Coronavirus epidemic, Emmanuel Macron invented the "sanitary regalien". With a white blouse as a uniform, Emmanuel Macron wants to reconnect with the French who always perceive him as distant. On the front line to fight the virus, the president hopes to recreate consensus.
Defense Council this Wednesday morning on the virus at the Élysée Palace. The battle against the coronavirus is also a political battle and changes the presidential strategy. In what way?
Emmanuel Macron has just invented a new reserved area, the "sanitary regalien" like Defense and as in wartime. With points every hour and races against the clock, like for example the intention this Tuesday of Germany to already place France in phase 3.
Emmanuel Macron chose his chief of staff, his director general of health, Jérôme Salomon. It is he who informs the French. "He is the metronome of the crisis," says Macron, who follows Olivier Véran's first steps with interest. The arrival in tears to the government of Minister Véran is followed with interest and with this joke "He is like a reporter appointed in New York the day of September 11", they say in the presidential office.
More than ever, Emmanuel Macron is hammering his favorite word "you have to be efficient".
Because it is also a political battle waged by a poorly perceived president with the French.
It can mutate, it can change, thinks the head of state. The announced rout of La République on the road to municipal elections and the states of mind of the majority following 49.3 on pension reform is not his business. As he may have said, Emmanuel Macron now leaves these files to Édouard Philippe.
With a white blouse as a uniform, Emmanuel Macron wants to reconnect with the French who always perceive him as distant. On the front line to fight the virus, the president hopes to recreate consensus.