The announcement of Emmanuel Macron's curfew this Wednesday evening is a sign that the president has been caught up with reality, believes our editorialist Michaël Darmon: a new confinement, even partial, was something that the chief of the state.
ANALYSIS
>> A partial re-containment that does not say its name? With the new restrictions announced this Wednesday evening by Emmanuel Macron during his television interview, the head of state "was caught up with reality" estimates on Europe Soir our political columnist Michaël Darmon.
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"This second phase is now a political issue"
"With this interview, we understood that this second phase is now (also) a political issue, since any other subject takes a back seat. Moreover, it is the only substantive subject that has been discussed this evening, and therefore the main concern of the government.The second wave will therefore be the main terrain of the opponents of the Head of State to be able to put him in difficulty and to present what they consider to be the failure of the presidential policy.
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A confinement that the head of state wanted to avoid
On the form, we also noticed that Emmanuel Macron wanted to avoid dramatizing the situation.
Containment, even partial, is something he absolutely wanted to avoid.
He wanted to prepare for the end of his term, to imagine his presidential campaign in 2022, but he was caught by reality. "