As he had announced at the beginning of May in the regional press, the President of the Republic will resume his pilgrim's staff and begin, from Wednesday, a very political tour of France of travel.
With obviously the presidential election of 2022 in the viewfinder.
The situation on the front of the coronavirus epidemic is improving, and Emmanuel Macron intends to take advantage of it.
The head of state had promised in early May in a televised interview with the regional press that he would repend his pilgrim's staff to return to contact with the French.
A return to the field obviously loaded with political ulterior motives one year before the presidential election.
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It is from Wednesday, after the Council of Ministers, that Emmanuel Macron will return to the field.
The Head of State will travel two hours from Paris on the theme of the reopening of terraces and cultural places scheduled for the day.
This trip will be the first in a long series
Until the summer, the Head of State plans indeed one to two trips per week.
"Unfiltered exchanges" with the French, according to his entourage, who theorizes a moment "of listening to rebuild the country".
On the program: visits, public meetings and above all crowd baths.
“It's going to be intense, but he missed it too much,” smiles a counselor.
Take back the pulse of the country
But is this the return of the Great Debate?
"No", answers a relative of Emmanuel Macron.
"It won't be 600 mayors in a gymnasium".
Business leaders, local elected officials, associations ... The idea this time is to tackle the subjects of economic and social recovery.
But in reality, it is for Emmanuel Macron to take the pulse of the country, to try to impose his agenda and to occupy the field during the regional ones. Like a little air of the presidential campaign that does not speak its name.