France: Emmanuel Macron surrounded by emergencies
French President Emmanuel Macron during a press conference near the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice, after the knife attack which left three dead on October 29, 2020. Eric Gaillard / Pool via AP
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A new defense council is being held this Friday morning, October 30 at the Élysée.
Emmanuel Macron must decide on new measures after the attack on the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice, while France is reconfiguring itself.
Between terrorist threat and health threat, the Head of State is no longer the “master of the clocks”, to use his favorite expression.
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Three terrorist attacks in barely a month, a second wave of uncontrollable Covid-19,
French people re-defined
... The executive navigates from crisis to crisis, tossed between two storms, one security and the other health.
Between coronavirus and terrorism, Emmanuel Macron no longer has control over his calendar.
The Head of State is forced to constantly bounce back in the face of an unforeseeable situation.
One emergency replaces another, the shock of the containment being followed a few hours later by a new terrorist attack.
New measures promised against Islamism
Communication strategies are swept away in a few hours.
The debate in Parliament on reconfinement was
torpedoed by the Nice attack, for example
.
And the pressure is growing on the top of the state.
Two weeks after the
assassination of Samuel Paty
, Emmanuel Macron promises new measures.
The president must accelerate, on the offense of separatism or on
hatred on the Internet
, at the risk of fueling the trials with impotence.
"
We do more in ten days than those who want to change the Constitution,
" reassures himself - as he can - a part of the Republic in March.
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