In his speech on "separatism" delivered on Friday in the Yvelines, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron sought to silence the criticisms expressed on the right while preserving the left wing of his majority.
Within the executive, we now fear the stage of parliamentary discussion, which could be eventful.
ANALYSIS
The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron on Friday held an expected speech on "separatism" and in particular that concerning radical Islam.
The key: announcements on, such as the strict limitation of home schooling for health reasons, and a discourse of quintessential Macronian "at the same time".
For the Head of State, the mission seems rather successful from a political point of view.
He did not attract the wrath of the right too much, without deflecting his majority.
In the ranks of LR, we welcome "advances"
Since his election in 2017, Emmanuel Macron has suffered accusations from the right, which reproached him for not daring to pronounce the word "Islamism".
The argument is now obsolete.
"There is in this radical Islamism, since it is the heart of the subject (...) a claimed desire to display a methodical organization to contravene the laws of the Republic", notably denounced the head of state on Friday .
And if the Republicans party denounces the "blind spots" of the speech, on immigration in particular, there are many in its ranks who have had no choice but to welcome "advances".
For its part, the National Assembly also judges that "certain measures are going in the right direction".
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"The right will put on the table subjects that can fracture us"
Of course, the right and the far right continue to ensure that the account is not there.
But it is impossible for all that to reject this offensive discourse altogether.
Hence a certain success for Emmanuel Macron who did not embrace the left wing of his majority either.
While some walkers confided their "concern" before his speech, the same now say "reassured".
"It feels good and at the same time without lukewarm water", rejoices a deputy.
A minister is satisfied that the president "deals with evil and the source of evil, namely the ghettoization" of certain territories.
Still, the executive now fears the strategy of the opposition during parliamentary debates as admits an adviser who does not hide a touch of anguish: "The right will have little hold, so it will put the issues on the table that can fracture us, like the veil issue. "