Remember Sunday evening, the first speeches: “Not a voice at the extremes“. The Nupes and the RN returned back to back by the ministers, including the spokesperson Olivia Grégoire, and her predecessor Gabriel Attal, today in the Budget.
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A few hours later, gear change. “Not a voice at the RN“, repeat the same, before the Prime Minister tries a synthesis, Monday morning, on the move in Normandy: “Not a voice in the RN in general, but no call to vote for candidate Nupes if he does not respect republican values“.
So many zigzags that annoy those closest to the head of state behind the scenes. “You must not believeexplains one of them, that the first line was not refereed.” It was by Emmanuel Macron himself during a meeting at the Elysée.
In the process, Stanislas Guérini, minister and general delegate of En Marche, and Christophe Castaner, outgoing president of the En Marche group in the Assembly, brief the spokespersons sent to the set on Sunday evening. Faced with the outcry aroused by this “ni-ni” – neither RN, nor Nupes -, Emmanuel Macron had these spokespersons recalled by his advisers. With the new instruction…
Some even receive the phone call when they are about to enter the set or the studio. A steering “at least floating”, grumbles a spokesperson, revealing the disorganization at the Elysée since the presidential election. And since the departure of a key cog: Clément Léonarduzzi, former special adviser to the Head of State, whose ability to anticipate communication strategies is praised in Macronie. “Even at 1 a.m., we had answers, and it hit home. There, nothing more“, summarizes a faithful of the Elysée.
And ministerial advisers complain about it. “I no longer know who to call at the Elysée, I no longer have a contact”, thus slipped a communicator ten days ago. Some continue to seek advice from Leonarduzzi, in a friendly, unofficial way.
He’s not the only one gone. Jonathan Guémas, speechwriter, is leaving soon according to the daily Opinion. A lot of advisers are on the way out or have already joined ministerial cabinets. What is behind it is not a matter of human resources or people.
The circle that revolves around Emmanuel Macron above all evokes the desire to regain control of the secretary general of the Elysée, Alexis Kohler, who has not appreciated, in recent months, losing his power of influence to the benefit of the communicators.This is also why the search to replace Léonarduzzi is dragging on. And that gives rise to failures, like this weekend.