Jacques Serais 3:55 p.m., March 08, 2022

Emmanuel Macron was Monday evening in Poissy, in the Yvelines, for his first campaign trip.

For a little over 1h30 of exchanges and despite the international context, the Head of State tried to put on the candidate's costume by making his first announcements.

If his campaign starts in slow motion, the head of state has no reason to change strategy.

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The first round of the presidential election takes place in a month and the time is still not for the confrontation of ideas.

Emmanuel Macron's declaration of candidacy was supposed to relaunch the dynamics of the campaign, but this is still not the case.

The head of state, who is due to meet the parliamentarians of his majority on Wednesday evening, went to Poissy, in the Yvelines, on Monday evening, where he spoke with French people.

The startup is quiet, and it should continue.

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Monday, the exchange to meet the French was supposedly free.

But the questions were actually prepared in advance.

With 200 people around the presidential candidate, we are very far from a startling campaign.

The context has a lot to do with it, namely the war in Ukraine and its consequences.

"President when he must, candidate when he can"

Emmanuel Macron himself justifies himself: "President when he must, candidate when he can".

His agenda as head of state takes precedence over that of applying for a second term.

Almost everything is suspended from what is being played out in the east of the continent and his candidate trips are organized at the last moment.

As proof: his entry into the campaign was to be symbolized by a big meeting in Marseille last Saturday.

Canceled and then postponed for a week - initially to this Saturday - it should not take place at all. 

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The candidate Macron is leading the polls, so there is no reason for him at this stage to take risks in this campaign.

He again repeated Monday evening that he would not debate with the other candidates before the first round.

And three meetings planned at the beginning - which was already little - his entourage is considering reducing them to one by April 10.

This is to say if this express campaign of the candidate Macron promises to be very special.