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For the Council of Ministers back to school, the President of the Republic was firm, using a serious tone. He reframed some of his ministers and prepared the French for future endeavours. Journalist Catherine Demangeat was live from the Élysée after this first meeting.
Against all odds, Emmanuel Macron spoke publicly at the start of the Council of Ministers. “It’s a statement that surprised, first by its length, and then especially by its tone, almost martial”, emphasizes Catherine Demangeat. The words used are heavy : “great seesaw”, “end of recklessness” and “end of abundance”. “Our freedom has a cost, he added, which may require sacrifices. A way of preparing the French for the energy sobriety plan”adds the journalist.
On the spot, the journalist of France Televisions, Catherine Demangeat, underlines that Emmanuel Macron “sent a severe call to order to his ministers”. The president seemed annoyed by the controversies that punctuated the summer and called for “more seriousness, more credibility and more collegiality”reveals the journalist. “The Head of State asked his ministers not to say anything and everything, not to engage in demagoguery”she adds, concluding that the president has regained control, “in the mode of firmness”.
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