This series is interested until Friday December 31 in the wishes of the Presidents of the Republic, but in very particular wishes, and which reason with those that will formulate Emmanuel Macron in a few days: the last wishes of a mandate.
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“My dear compatriots, we who will be many this evening to celebrate the New Year. Let us first have a thought, as I invite you every time, for those who will be alone, old, sick, without family or separated from those whom they like.” These wishes, François Mitterrand pronounced them on December 31, 1987 in a doubly tense political context. On the one hand, we are in full cohabitation. For two years, François Mitterrand has had to deal with a right-wing, liberal government, led by Jacques Chirac, with whom relations are extremely tense. All the more so, and this is the second element of the politically tense context, that the presidential election is looming. While no one doubts that Mitterrand and Chirac will stand, neither of them announced their candidacy, no doubt fearing that an early announcement would translate a personal ambition more powerful than the task ahead for France, from Matignon or from there. ‘Elysium.
During his speech, however, François Mitterrand never ceases to praise his action to maintain unity and defend the values of the Republic. But it’s not yet time to get wet: “My wishes, for this major act of our common life, are that the French express themselves clearly on some essential choices and that they do so if possible in a spirit of tolerance. I will not list these choices here. Applicants will do this in due course. At the end of his short speech, François Mitterrand winks well to the French and to destiny. He knows he is in the lead in voting intentions, two weeks earlier, an IFOP poll credits him with 39% in the first round, ahead of Raymond Barre at 17% and Jacques Chirac at 17%. The trust he asks for, he knows he will get.