Emmanuel Macron’s investiture ceremony will take place this Saturday, May 7 at the Elysee Palace, according to information from franceinfo confirming information from RTL. As this is a re-election, the ceremony should be “minimized“, specifies the Constitutional Council. This was the case in 1998 or in 2002.
During this ceremony, “the President of the Constitutional Council will read out the results, solemnly proclaim them and appoint him President of the Republic“, with presentation of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. From there, the elected president will be able to start his new term.
At the end, the Head of State goes to the terrace of the Elysée Park to receive the military honors of the Republican Guard, before a salute to the flag and the Marseillaise. At the same time, at the Invalides, a few hundred meters from the presidential palace, 21 cannon shots will be fired, a tradition inherited from the Old Regime when 101 shots were fired to announce the death of a king and the enthronement of his successor. .