The return of terrorism to the news, with the assassination of Samuel Paty, forces the executive to take up the security issue again.
And as the 2022 presidential election approaches, at the Elysee Palace, we are doing everything to have a balance sheet to enhance in this area.
The assassination of Samuel Paty on Friday in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine painfully put terrorism and security back at the heart of the news.
Forced to regain control, the government wanted to strike quickly and hard by ordering nearly 80 administrative inquiries and announcing the closure of places of worship or associations of the Islamist movement.
Because only three weeks after Emmanuel Macron's great speech on separatism, the case is also political.
And if the 2022 presidential election seems far enough away, the Elysee wants to be able to enhance its record in this area.
"The challenge is to show that we are taking action"
"This bill, it comes at the right time", thus recognizes a minister while another member of the government, Gerald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, multiplies the stunts, the police operations and the shock announcements.
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"If the current response offensive is successful, the President can score points", imagines for his part a macronist.
And what does it matter if security is not Emmanuel Macron's initial business.
"The challenge is to show that we act", deciphers an adviser.
"It will not be on that that it will be played"
It remains to be seen whether the results will live up to the promises.
And if, in 2022, the political space will allow the "President-candidate" to exist on security.
Marine Le Pen - and more broadly the right - is already waiting for it firmly on this subject.
A historic traveling companion of the Head of State is cautious: "it will not be on this that it will be played," he said.
Before predicting: "For us, it is above all the way out of the economic and health crisis that will count."