A very political July 14th. After reviewing the troops on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, Emmanuel Macron will answer questions from journalists Caroline Roux and Anne-Claire Coudray from 1:10 p.m. Thursday July 14, 2022 at the Elysée.
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However, this is only the second time that he has taken part in the exercise since his first five-year term. In 2017, the president, just elected, then refuses the interview of July 14, imitating his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy.
According to Emmanuel Macron’s entourage, his spirit is “too complex“for this question-and-answer format. But in 2020, change of tune: at the end of the first wave of Covid-19, the president receives two journalists. “We are emerging from this acute phase of the epidemic. The country was deeply upset, traumatized. I believe that this July 14 had a particular turn that justifies this exchange“, he explained then. He is then questioned about the management of the health crisis, but also the accusations of rape targeting his minister Gérald Darmanin, to whom he reaffirms his support.
“We must put the church back in the middle of the village“, thus insists a framework of the majority with franceinfo. Because three months after his re-election, Emmanuel Macron finally wants to launch his new five-year term and relaunch after weeks of post-presidential turbulence, marked by the reverse of the legislative elections, the constitution of a new government, punctuated by controversies over the Damien Abad affair, the fiasco Stade de France or the Uber Files, which will certainly be mentioned during the interview.
With this solemn 45-minute question-and-answer exercise, live from the presidential palace, Emmanuel Macron intends to refocus the debate around his program, re-explain the reforms, such as pensions, and, of course, mention Ukraine, on the military level, July 14 obliges. Parade which must, moreover, honor the countries of the eastern flank of NATO and the French troops deployed there. The Head of State underlined Wednesday evening before the armies that France had entered a “war economy” and intends to come back to this question during the interview.
A moment that the Elysée wants symbolic: “Sharing the flame” is the theme of the 2022 parade: a triple reference to the army-nation link, to the flame of the Resistance embodied by Hubert Germain, the last companion of the Liberation who died the year last, and to the Olympic flame, of which France is now the depositary until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Olympic and Paralympic medalists will be part of the procession.
Other themes such as training, recruitment problems will be discussed, assures franceinfo his entourage. The Head of State should also mention during the interview work, unemployment, pensions and the RSA. Enough to set the scene, before attacking bills and reforms.