It is an address which promises to be scrutinized, four months from the end of his five-year term and 100 days before the first round of the presidential election: Emmanuel Macron addresses the French and presents his wishes to them, Friday, December 31 at 8 p.m., for the last time in the five-year term. But there is no doubt that the Head of State, who has multiplied the signs with a view to a probable candidacy next spring, would like to be, at the end of 2022, in the same place: at the Elysee Palace, to speak to the French . During this speech, the President of the Republic should address the health situation, critical, among other subjects. Follow our live.
A long list of challenges for 2022. The Head of State, just back from his Var resort of Brégançon, will “List the country’s challenges for 2022, including the French presidency of the European Union (PFUE) and the management of the pandemic”, but also “look lucidly at the past months and pragmatically at the months to come”, explained the Elysee Palace to AFP, without giving further details. Anyone who has not yet publicly expressed their intentions for 2022 should defend their management of the crisis and highlight the good news on the economy and employment front.
The opposition presents its wishes … against Macron. Before Emmanuel Macron, the opposition leaders also presented their wishes to the French for the New Year. Of the “happy new year 2027” by Yannick Jadot imagining political ecology triumphing in April at “the crucial year” Anticipated by Marine Le Pen, the presidential election is in all the heads of political leaders at the end of 2021.
A five-year period of vows marked by crises. This is the fifth time that Emmanuel Macron addresses the French before the New Year. His previous wishes have always been dominated by crises, from “yellow vests” in 2018 to the second wave of Covid-19 in 2020, in going through pensions in 2019. Franceinfo looks back on these speeches intended to reassure the population in the face of an uncertain future.