Europe 1 8:10 p.m., November 4, 2021

Emmanuel Macron is certainly not yet a candidate for a second term, but his participation in the presidential election next April does not seem to suffer from any dispute.

It therefore remains to formalize it, a strategic moment for him, as the journalists Jacques Serais and Bruno Jeudy analyze in "Punchline".

TO ANALYSE

It is a decision that currently divides Emmanuel Macron's camp, five months before the first round: should he declare himself as soon as possible a candidate for the presidential election and therefore his succession, or then delay as much as possible at that moment, which will change his status from President of the Republic to candidate.

Each option has its advantages and disadvantages for the head of state, explain in

Punchline

, on Europe 1, political journalists Jacques Serais and Bruno Jeudy.