Those who accompanied him for the inauguration of the Salon de l’Agriculture this weekend found him “tiredness“, “rinsed‘. But Emmanuel Macron will be a candidate for the presidential election. His supporters do not plan to declare before Wednesday, with the deadline of Friday 6 p.m. That deadline for submitting sponsorships, for Emmanuel Macron’s entourage, it’s the appointment “symbolic“. The President of the Republic has, in any case, received three times more than necessary.
SAccording to his supporters, he will wait until the end of the two debates on Ukraine, Tuesday afternoon in the Assembly, in the evening in the Senate, to declare himself. The announcement would parasitize them. His camp explains that this would go against the logic of unity that he himself invoked during the message addressed to the French on Thursday, after the Russian offensive.
This Monday morning, Emmanuel Macron is bringing together a new restricted defense council, the fourth in a week. This Monday, at 3 p.m., it is Jean Castex who brings together all the presidential candidates around the same table, “in a spirit of republican courtesy“, says the entourage of the Prime Minister. Without an election in April, Emmanuel Macron could have received the leaders of the parties, but there he was”complicated“For the soon-to-be candidate president to receive his opponents, agrees a pillar of the majority.
Matignon has chosen a filter: four days before the deadline for submitting sponsorships, only those who have succeeded in sending at least 300 forms to the Constitutional Council will be received. Christiane Taubira, for example, is not on the list. “This conception of democracy does not honor the government“, complains the campaign team of the candidate.
Concretely, the declaration of candidacy will therefore be made between Wednesday and Friday. On the form, sobriety and solemnity are the key words on the majority side, values judged more than ever “imperatives“given the context. “Seriousness, dignity, constancy“: an evening visitor recommends Emmanuel Macron to cling to these pillars of ancient wisdom.
“A declaration of candidacy is always a historic moment”, insists a source within the executive, while the entourage of the future candidate begins to skilfully distill that the five-year term will have definitely been in all respects “extraordinary“.
If Emmanuel Macron wanted to wait until the crises were behind to declare themselves, the calendar forced him to start while “war is back in Europe”, in his own words. Sunday evening, on TF1, Edouard Philippe, his former Prime Minister began the campaign: “In this dangerous world, the president holds the helm“.
A meeting scheduled for March 5
Finally, one last question: what about the meeting scheduled for Marseille on March 5? Within the campaign team, the little hands continue to sail on sight. They still haven’t received any instructions.
Asked by a breeder friend during his brief visit to the Agricultural Show, Emmanuel Macron kicked in touch, explaining that he was dealing with the crisis in Ukraine. “Vladimir Putin attacks democracy, it must be brought to life“, argue many voices within the majority. “In 10 days, Vladimir Putin will still be there, at some point, we will have to get started“, notes a support. And a minister to point out that “meeting is not necessarily synonymous with dancers and glasses of champagne“.