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Behind a head of state, what is hiding at the Élysée?

Audio 29:30

The Elysée Palace in Paris, February 25, 2021. AP - Thomas Coex

By: Philippe Lecaplain

1 min

After tomorrow at this same time, on RFI, it will be the start of election night that I will have the pleasure of presenting.

At 8 p.m., the announcement of the one who will have won the most votes from French voters to become head of state.

There will be the first declarations and the satisfactions of the supporters and in the days which will follow the investiture ceremony for who will spend the next 5 years at the Élysée. 

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The Elysee!

Place of power with the Council of Ministers every Wednesday, official and secret meetings in terms of politics.

The Élysée is also a city, a small town of 800 inhabitants with jobs in the field: baker, gardener, usher.

What do you need to know about the Élysée?

It is now on RFI.

With our guests

: 

Emery Doligé

, author of "

" at Presses de la Cité

Jean Garrigues

, historian, chairman of the Parliamentary History Committee 

Patrick Cavenair

, author of “

” published by Ramsey. 

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