Jacques Serais on site, edited by Gauthier Delomez 8:06 p.m., December 07, 2021

President Emmanuel Macron went to Cher, to Vierzon then to Bourges, to meet residents and professionals.

The opportunity for the Head of State to take the pulse of the French, and respond to criticism the day after the new health restrictions announced by the government. 

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"Hello! Are you okay?"

Emmanuel Macron meets the French.

The president went to the Cher on Tuesday morning for a trip to the false air of the presidential campaign.

The Head of State had lunch in a roadhouse in Bourges, then met carers.

First in the streets of Vierzon, Emmanuel Macron went into contact with the inhabitants, and some questioned him.

Europe 1 followed the day of the President of the Republic.

"We will not let go of the discos", assures Macron

In the city center, the head of state must respond to the discontent of a nightclub owner, the day after the announcement of their closure for a period of four weeks. "It is still us that you close. We have respected everything, the customers are vaccinated, have the pass, and we still take dear", he launches in front of the president, who assures him: "We will not let go of them. nightclubs. "

"There, you let us go", blows the owner of the nightclub.

"No, we will compensate", replies Emmanuel Macron.

The dialogue continues.

The professional of the sector to ensure: "We do not ask for alms, we only ask to work".

And the president insisted: "I know very well, but I will explain to you that all of Europe is having a new wave".

Taking the pulse of the French before the presidential election

An unfiltered discussion and a stroll that lasted a total of nearly three hours.

Emmanuel Macron then went about forty kilometers from Vierzon, in Bourges, to listen to carers.

"I put you at ease", immediately warns the Head of State.

"Tell me things as you have, in an intimate way, want to tell them to me", he continues in front of these health professionals.

This trip to the Cher is a way for Emmanuel Macron to take the pulse of the French within five months of the presidential election.

In a small committee and off the microphone, the Head of State gives his impressions.

For him, the French are tired, and the Covid-19 is damaging their morale.

They are less positive than two months ago, says the president.

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"No need to tear yourself apart" because of Zemmour

Emmanuel Macron was also arrested on the words of Eric Zemmour, now presidential candidate, who treated the incumbent president "of a teenager who is looking for himself, of a type who is not finished".

The Head of State never responds directly to this kind of comment, but he still said a few words in front of a resident who says he is insulted every day by the polemicist.

"We must appease all that", emphasizes Emmanuel Macron.

"We must gain height, calm. Our country needs ambition, and benevolence," he adds.

“No need to tear up,” says the president, who wants to show he's above the fray.