The President of the Republic is already thinking about 2022. In recent weeks, Emmanuel Macron has asked his entourage to prepare for his upcoming electoral campaign.
The former LR Thierry Solère tries to convince the great elected representatives of the right, while the European deputy, Stéphane Séjourné, takes care of speaking to the Modem and to the left.
Emmanuel Macron, present on the front lines of the Covid-19 health crisis, nevertheless remains focused on the future.
The President of the Republic is preparing, in the greatest silence, for the next presidential election in 2022. Faithful to Léon Gambetta's adage, "always think about it, never talk about it", the Head of State is asking a lot his entourage for several weeks and seems to draw the contours of his campaign.
According to information from Europe 1, everyone works in silos, by compartmentalizing information, a bit like the intelligence services.
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Discussions on the right and on the left, to convince
According to one of his relatives, Emmanuel Macron already knows precisely what type of electoral campaign to do: without lyricism, without ideology, by simply trying to be effective.
A new matrix of the famous "at the same time" also seems to be emerging: on the one hand, a discourse on appeasement and projection into the future, on the other, the repair of the country on the economic and social level. .
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And on the other side, it is the MEP, Stéphane Séjourné, who is in charge of speaking to the Modem and to the left.
2022 under the sign of Europe
A challenge is already well identified by the President of the Republic.
When the presidential campaign begins in January 2022, France will take over the presidency of the European Union, strongly criticized for its lack of coordination since the start of the health crisis.
Emmanuel Macron is perfectly aware that it will be extremely difficult to hold the same speech in Brussels and in Paris.