worthy of a TV series, the twists and turns are also a symptom of the current misery of politics

The political class, on both the right and the left, has been in full turmoil since Sunday evening and the announcement of the dissolution of the National Assembly by Emmanuel Macron. Betrayals and twists follow one another.

Since Sunday June 9 and the announcement of the dissolution, across the entire political spectrum, there have been twists and turns worthy of a TV series with nervous breakdowns, betrayals and exclusions galore. On the right, where Éric Ciotti betrays LR and forces all the other leaders to urgently convene a political office, outside the barricaded headquarters, to dislodge the madman from the presidency of the party. On the far right, where Marion Maréchal betrays Éric Zemmour by calling to vote for the RN against the Reconquest! party, which has just had her elected to the European Parliament. As power approaches, the Le Pen family clan is coming together, a seamless reunion, prepared for several weeks. And then on the left, where the boss of the PS, Olivier Faure, betrays his former head of the list, Raphäel Glucksmann, to go behind his back with Jean-Luc Mélenchon who attacked him for months. Turning around, slamming doors, not an hour without a twist worthy of a TV series and that is perhaps where we should look for the explanation of the dissolution.

The handful of influential Elyos advisors who suggested to the head of state the crazy idea of ​​dissolving the Assembly are big fans of these series. And first of all Black Baron, this fresco on the conquest of the Élysée which seems inspired by Emmanuel Macron’s seizure of power in 2017. Jonathan Guémas, in charge of communications for the Head of State, knows the director Éric Benzekri well. He even suggested a few communication tricks to fuel his latest opus, Feverrecently broadcast on Canal Plus, the story of this France prey to identity passions, torn between the extreme right and the radical left.

What do we find in these fast-paced series? Populist opponents who stir up the country’s anger, in the streets and in Parliament, leaders besieged and threatened with losing everything. And daring “spin doctors”, who end up convincing the President to stake his political destiny, and that of the country, on an unexpected, but inevitably brilliant, poker move.

Doesn’t that remind you of anything? The problem is that in TV series, it’s always the good guy who wins. As on social networks, there is a lack of “real people”. While at the Élysée, advisors ruminate on improbable scenarios, on the far right, Jordan Bardella is content to string together selfies and videos. Black Baron against Tik Tok, this duel is like a symptom of the current great misery of politics.