For almost an hour and a half, President Emmanuel Macron answered questions from two journalists in an interview that sometimes took the form of a mea culpa. An interview tinged with humility during which the Head of State also assume his reforms, and his course, while leaving room for the general policy speech of Jean Castex.

ANALYSIS

An interview in the form of a mea culpa . For almost an hour and a half, President Emmanuel Macron answered questions from Léa Salamé and Gilles Bouleau on Tuesday after a July 14 ceremony dedicated to caregivers, on the front line in the fight against coronavirus. Pandemic, economy, ecology, revival ... the head of state made several announcements, but also returned to his beginning of mandate, strewn with reforms and demonstrations.

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A humble "master of clocks" ...

For several minutes at the start of the interview, a president showing humility appeared on French television. Pleading "clumsiness", Emmanuel Macron thus returned to his attitude at the start of his five-year term: "I let appear something that people ended up hating" admitted the "master of clocks", however pleading the game Politics. The head of state also acknowledged that he had failed to explain his plan, giving the French "the feeling of wanting to reform despite themselves".

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... but a president who asserts his choices

This did not prevent it from fully assuming its reforms, in particular the ISF and the SNCF. Not counting on denying himself, Emmanuel Macron even, for the first time, publicly justified the choice of his new government: "Jean Castex [the ex 'gentleman deconfinement', editor's note], I saw him do this during confinement. I saw his method, he is an elected official with a culture of dialogue. " A Prime Minister who must also speak on Wednesday before the National Assembly for his general policy speech. A long-awaited moment during which he "will be more technical than the president", already warns the Elysee.

Finally, Emmanuel Macron said he was "radically at odds" with the idea that Jean Castex would be the right-hand leader of a right-wing government. Putting forward the "political overtaking", he simply commented: "I take the best." Before summarizing: "New Prime Minister, new team, but not new course."