Coup de com’ or real political advance? A governmental seminar will meet in any case on September 6 to ensure the follow-up of L’“major political initiative” of Emmanuel Macron, which brings together the leaders of the political parties in Saint-Denis on Wednesday August 30 (Seine-Saint-Denis), announced government spokesman Olivier Véran. Emmanuel Macron organizes this meeting at the home of education of the Legion of Honor of Saint-Denis, north of Paris. The stated ambition is to find “ways” to do “move forward” the country, beyond political divisions, in the absence of an absolute majority. This initiative could “if applicable”, pave the way for referendums, according to the presidential invitation letter. Follow our live.
A “new” format. The summit meeting was due to start at 3 p.m. and will be held behind closed doors between the president and the party leaders gathered around a table, a format “unpublished” according to the entourage of the head of state. No employee will be present and no arrangements are made for the press.
The program of the day. Participants are invited to two round tables on the international situation and institutional reforms, followed by a dinner around all the questions raised by the recent urban riots: school, authority, integration, inequalities, according to the Elysée.
All invited parties will be present. All the leaders of the parties represented in Parliament have accepted the invitation, but everyone is going with their own priorities. The left wants a referendum on pension reform, while the right and the far right want to ask the French a question about immigration. The presidential majority wishes, it, to evoke the reform of the institutions.