Around Marie Bernardeau and Neila Latrous to comment on the news of Monday, November 1, 2021: Carole Barjon, columnist at The Obs, and Hadrien Bect, from the political service of franceinfo.
The themes
The opening of COP 26 in Glasgow: the meeting which, in a way, prepared the COP 26, the G20, ended on Sunday October 31 in Rome. The leaders of the twenty most industrialized countries were treated to the traditional photo in front of the Trevi Fountain. It should not be deduced that the atmosphere was going to be wildly romantic. We have even gone quite far. Sluggish reconciliation between France and the United States after the fiasco of the sale of submarines to Australia, differences spread in the public square between Emmanuel Macron and the British Boris Johnson because of the fishing issue. The final press release of the G20 is considered disappointing by some of the participants, “historical” by others, including France, through the voice of Emmanuel Macron. Mario Draghi, the Italian Prime Minister, organizer of the summit said: “We are proud of the result, but we have to keep in mind that this is just the beginning.” That the beginning … “I am leaving Rome with unfulfilled hopes. At least they are not buried”, written on social networks by Antonio Guterres, the head of the UN. Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister assures his side that, “we have made reasonable progress (…), but it is not enough”. It is not at all the same tone as France, and that brings up this question. Was this G20 useful? Or is Emmanuel Macron a follower of the Coué method?
Emmanuel Macron, candidate without saying it? It’s not officially a campaign, but it’s starting to look like it. 200 committees of local elected representatives were created to support the action, and the candidacy, of Emmanuel Macron. An association led by a current minister, that of Overseas Sébastien Lecornu, supported by a former minister, Stéphane Travert, and the number 2 of En Marche, Marie Guévenoux. Purpose of the association? The re-election of the head of state. Which is deployed everywhere: one trip per day, last week. Obviously, the troops of En Marche also deploy on the ground to praise the record, whether it is the ministers or the executives of the party, with a leaflet on which we can read “five years +”, playing on words, “the + of the last five years” or the call to renew “five years + the same president”. The macronists are stamping their feet: but why is their leader making them dawdle?