He had offered himself a phase of “settling“, of “breathing“since his re-election: Emmanuel Macron is back in the field this Tuesday, May 31. With less than 15 days to go before the first round of the legislative elections, the President of the Republic intends to put the priority projects of his new mandate back in the foreground.
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While the official campaign for the June 12 and 19 election began on Monday May 30, notes a pillar of the majority, Emmanuel Macron goes into the field to “set the tempo, break the false flat feeling“. The President of the Republic and his Minister of Health, Brigitte Bourguignon, are expected in Cherbourg at the end of the afternoon. In Cherbourg, as elsewhere, emergencies are cracking: the Elysée suggests an announcement, without deflowering it Elisabeth Borne promises “speed, efficiency and results“, but reserve period forces his ministers to remain in the shadows.
If many hospitals are on the verge of breaking up, the Pasteur hospital center in Cherbourg is a pioneer: weakened for years, in particular by a debt and a recurring financial deficit of several million euros. The center was kept on a drip via various aid plans. At the beginning of January 2022, the establishment set up a telephone regulation system for emergencies in the evening and at night: you must call before obtaining the right to come to the emergency room. A system, which, since Monday, May 30, is now in service from 3 p.m. every day.
The Elysée thus wants to relaunch the debate around two fundamentals: its responses to the malaise in hospitals, and its project for the school. After Cherbourg on Tuesday, the president is expected in Marseille on Thursday, alongside his new Minister of Education, Pap Ndiaye.
“As per usual“Emmanuel Macron”does everything“Summarizes a relative. Including, therefore, a return to the field when a month has passed since his last trip in direct contact with the daily life of the French: it was April 29 in the Pyrenees.
“In the meantime, the oppositions have run out, the experts have dismantled Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s program piece by piece.“, believes he can rejoice in the unconditional support of the President, who deciphers the implicit message of the week: “If you want to save school and health, give me a majority.“