Every morning, Nicolas Beytout analyzes political news and gives us his opinion.
This Wednesday, he is interested in the political reactions caused by the slap that Emmanuel Macron received during a trip to the Drôme.
The entire political class condemned the aggression of which Emmanuel Macron was a victim, this Tuesday in the Drôme.
This is the first political effect of this slap, this scandalous gesture which very quickly provoked a torrent of reactions, all in support of the President of the Republic.
As is often the case in such circumstances, the republican reflex, national union, has come into full play.
If the aggressor of Emmanuel Macron thought of dividing the French, it is missed.
Was there no nuance in this massive support?
Yes, what happened this Tuesday is even a small revealing of the way in which the political world is positioned today. First there are the classics. These are the most numerous. We find them at La République en Marche, of course, all scandalized, all in solidarity with their leader. They are also found among the Socialists and the Republicans, in short in the governing parties. The main candidates in the regional elections were not to be outdone, and those of them who then target the Elysee were even the quickest to react. It is indeed impossible to miss what appears to be an act of committed citizenship. Olivier Faure on the left, Valérie Pécresse or Xavier Bertrand on the right, they all reacted. Same presence,and the same almost warm words from someone who does not yet frankly appreciate the Head of State: François Hollande, who has put the weight of his former function in the balance.
In short, there, no nuance. We must therefore look elsewhere.
Besides the classics we have just spoken of, there are those that Nicolas Beytout would call "the converts".
The most spectacular reaction in this category was that of Marine Le Pen.
She immediately tweeted, then added with statements of unwavering support.
As we know, the president of the National Rally has embarked on an operation to revamp her political image, and she should in no way miss this patent of republican respectability.
So this time, no innuendo, no flat, no reservation, a clear and clean political act, a way also to cut short any rapprochement with the royalist aggressor, and a good political operation for her, therefore.
It's a little different on the side of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his troops.
Was the support less clear?
The context was special for him. He was just emerging from a phase of tension in politics, with his predictions of pre-election murder and his denunciation of a violent video targeting his activists. The leader of La France insoumise did not miss the opportunity to stress both that the President's aggressor came from the extreme right, and to place himself as a potential victim of violence in politics: "This time -Here you begin to understand that the violent take action? ”he tweeted. In short, national union, yes, unilateral disarmament, no.