Wherever the French went, there was only him: Emmanuel Macron, in the ballroom of the Élysées. Tuesday, from 8:15 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. It has never happened in France before that a president has claimed prime time television for himself, on six channels simultaneously, live: on TF1, France 2 and four news channels. And when it comes to the length of his press conference, you have to flash back to the beginnings of this 5th Republic, to the general, to Charles de Gaulle. He also liked to sit in front of the press and talk for hours, quite brilliantly most of the time, even when he improvised.
France: Macron invokes ancient rites and traditions in TV speech – politics
