Visiting Kazakhstan, Emmanuel Macron affirmed that “politics is not the exclusive domain of a handful of people”.
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Emmanuel Macron looked ahead to his life afterward. “It’s likely I’ll do something completely different when I’m finished.” in 2027, at the end of two mandates as President of the Republic (he cannot run for a third term), said Emmanuel Macron, Wednesday November 1 during an exchange with Kazakh students at the University of Astana during his visit to Kazakhstan.
“But I will be very happy to have served my country for ten years as president,” he pointed out. “And this opportunity could be yours”, he insisted. Encouraging, in his concluding remarks, the students to be whatever happens “engaged in political life and public choices”the President of the Republic affirmed that “Politics is not the exclusive domain of a handful of people.”
The head of state praises his “at the same time” policy
“In a democracy, public life is yours. And it’s your duty, your responsibility and I think it’s a wonderful experience,” continued Emmanuel Macron. “I tell you this because I was not a member of a political party, I was not a politician, a few months before being elected president” in 2017, argued the man who was still deputy secretary general of the Elysée (2012-2014) then minister of the Economy (2014-2016) before running for president in 2017.
The Head of State took the opportunity to defend, during his 50 minutes of discussions with the students, his policy of “at the same time”, between “freedom” And “order”, also emphasizing the need to “keep the spirit of resistance” even when his action is “unpopular”.