The Elysée keeps its tenant, the French keep their head of state. This Sunday, April 24, Emmanuel Macron was re-elected President of the Republic, with 58.5% of the vote against Marine Le Pen, who totaled 41.5% of the vote. After the announcement of the results on the television channels, Marine Le Pen was the first to speak following this defeat. Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Eric Zemmour also gave a speech to affirm their desire to continue the fight, especially during the next legislative elections.
But before starting his triumphant speech around 9:40 p.m., Emmanuel Macron gave journalists a hard time. While they thought they were following the president’s vehicle to get the first words after his victory, the journalists from TF1 and France 2 were trapped. “Emmanuel Macron is heading towards the Champ-de-Mars but takes a particular path because you cross the rue de Varenne. If you know Paris a little, it’s not really the direct path to get there from the Elysée.“, commented Jeff Wittenberg from his motorcycle. But the journalist quickly reported on his “dumpling” and the deception of which he was the victim, in the same way as other journalists. “You may find the situation a bit bizarre but we actually…we were fooled, the car was not the President’s but the Prime Minister’s. Unless he goes to Matignon!”, he amused himself. Indeed, a first convoy would have taken place with Jean Castex then a second would have been set up as a decoy to fool the journalists.