Emmanuel Macron, on the steps of the Élysée, June 28. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP
Wednesday evening, many questions still ran on the extent of the adjustment as on the intervention to come from the president.
The master clocks are out of tune. Since the urban riots derailed his “hundred days” streak, Emmanuel Macron has been trying to resynchronize them. Initially, it was a question of restoring momentum to his second five-year term with a major reshuffle and an intervention before the French. On arrival, it is only a question of a technical adjustment of the government of Elisabeth Borne. An intervention by the President of the Republic is still on the agenda, but now in the heart of summer, while the French are worried about both the threatening heat wave and the electricity bill which is rising. weighed down. Not necessarily the best timing to regain momentum.
So, without saying so, Emmanuel Macron tempers. This is the meaning of this interminable reshuffle prepared under the feverish gaze of ministers in office who worry and members of the majority who hope. The former were gathered on Tuesday evening at the Élysée for the traditional end-of-season dinner…
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