With its splendor, its codes, its displayed or hidden symbols, the investiture ceremony gives the color of a power that settles in the Elysée or is renewed. Emmanuel Macron has obviously decided to cast doubt on the day it will take place, perhaps to give himself time to choose the tone of this event, on which all the media spotlights are focused, in France but also in the world. .
In 2017, the young president had created the surprise by accepting that Laurent Fabius, the president of the Constitutional Council, accompanies the announcement of the results with a speech loaded with messages.
Laetitia Krupa: Does Emmanuel Macron intend to innovate again this time?
Gaspar Gantzer: Yes, I think he will seek to innovate again this time, but if he takes his time it is because he is thinking about the choice of his Prime Minister. Innovation will necessarily be on the sidelines because it is not strictly within the framework of the investiture ceremony that there can be major changes but rather around it, in the places that we decide to go to visit, the places where we go to meditate. We all remember 1981 and Mitterrand going up rue Soufflot to go and flower from the graves at the Pantheon, Emmanuel Macron will want to give a symbolic, perhaps European, dimension to this day of investiture.
How is this ceremony prepared? Who decides on its duration, the list of guests, the gestures, the symbols to be sent?
Normally it is the subject of a discussion with the predecessor who gives up his place, but there is none. So the discussion will be between Emmanuel Macron and himself, he will certainly talk about it with his wife Brigitte and his collaborators and he will associate in a republican way the president of the Constitutional Council and the presidents of the assemblies. For his flash campaign, Emmanuel Macron was greatly inspired by that of François Mitterrand re-elected in 1988. On the advice of his communication guru Jacques Pilhan, the socialist had opted for a brief ceremony and a unifying speech.
Do you think Emmanuel Macron will be inspired by this minimalist format for his investiture ceremony?
Yes, I am sure of it and Jacques Chirac will also be a source of inspiration because in 2022, when he succeeded himself, he also opted for a minimalist format. I think we can see, a few days after the election, that Emmanuel Macron chooses sobriety, continuity of action so we will be in the blueprint of the ceremony, which should not last too long.
Why did the François Mitterrand of 1988 so much inspire the Emmanuel Macron of 2022?
Emmanuel Macron is a fan of François Mitterrand, from whom he was inspired in particular in his Jupiterian communication, very lofty, almost monarchical at times, and then also François Mitterrand who had decided to campaign in 1988 on the theme of a united France, the theme of unity and unity is more than ever on the agenda for Emmanuel Macron today.
Another certainty in the protocol: as tradition dictates, Emmanuel Macron will enter the party hall of theElysée, accompanied by the presidents of the two assemblies, Richard Ferrand and Gérard Larcher. Then, after a possible review of the Republican Guard in the gardens, 21 cannon shots could be fired from the Invalides to sign the end of the ceremony.