Emmanuel Macron on TF1: too much media space for the president in the campaign?
Emmanuel MAcron during his press conference devoted to the next French presidency of the EU., December 9, 2021. REUTERS - POOL
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The French Head of State invited himself to TF1 for an interview on the evocative theme, "Where is France going?"
», This Wednesday, December 15.
What make the political opponents of Mr. Macron jump, who accuse him of campaigning without saying it.
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Regardless of the criticism, Emmanuel Macron declines his media plan without striking a blow and offers himself, with an interview of one hour and a half on TF1, a choice exhibition.
The end of the year holidays are often described as the time for family discussions, where politics is invited between the turkey and the Yule log.
In short, the right time to take stock of your five-year term, say what has been done, talk about the successes, but also the crises it has experienced.
And finally, to show a little more the personality of a president often considered arrogant and disconnected, to split the armor before entering the campaign.
Maybe also put forward some ideas for the future.
The strategy is to anchor in the minds of the French that his candidacy is obvious.
The oppositions are crying scandal and urging the Head of State to put an end to the suspense of his candidacy for the 2022 presidential election. Valérie Pécresse, the LR candidate, whose program scheduled for the same evening on BFMTV has been canceled, has wrote to the CSA, the audiovisual regulator, to demand that this speaking time of the future candidate be "
counted
". Because "
obviously, this program does not fall within the exercise of the office of President of the Republic but within the framework of the presidential election to come
", she denounces.
At the National Assembly, this Tuesday afternoon, December 14, the right-wing deputy Philippe Gosselin called on the government and also demanded that the CSA count this intervention by the Head of State from his speaking time as a future presidential candidate.
“
Since September, the president has been campaigning morning, noon and evening with France's checkbook. Admittedly, this is not so new. But in such proportions, we have never seen it. As that is not enough, we discover that the President of the Republic takes the opportunity to campaign with a lot of media hype. The program that will be broadcast tomorrow night is indeed a campaign program, no more, no less. No one is mistaken, except that the president refuses to apply to himself the rules on speaking times that all other candidates must respect.
"
It is a "
president who governs
", defends the majority. “
When we try to convince the French, we try to talk to them, not to prevent others from doing it. When we try to convince the French, we seek consistency. You are saying the exact opposite of what you said ten years ago, when you were rightly defending President Sarkozy's legitimacy to talk about his action in the face of the crisis, until late in 2012. This five-year term, c t is a mirror of your failures and your renouncements. This is why you are embarrassed when we speak, that's why you are embarrassed when the president speaks in front of the French, as it is his legitimacy to do. So let everyone express themselves and above all let the French express themselves ”,
replied the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal.
No candidacy announcement is reportedly scheduled for Wednesday's show.
"
Honesty
" would be to say that he is a candidate, protests Marine Le Pen, who emphasizes the loyalty due to the French and equal opportunities between the different applicants.
Charges swept aside by the support of Emmanuel Macron on the pretext that the outgoing presidents have always done that.
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