Emmanuel Macron makes his campaign headquarters in Paris on January 19, 2017.
Emmanuel Macron, elected President of the Republic on May 7, 2017 at the age of 39.
Emmanuel Macron during the visit to the Delafontaine hospital center in Saint-Denis as part of World AIDS Day on December 1, 2017.
President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on December 14, 2017.
Emmanuel Macron during a conference with the Secretary General of NATO on December 19, 2017.
President Emmanuel Macron in a joint press conference with Abdallah II in December 2017.
Emmanuel Macron in Niger on December 23, 2017.
The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace on December 30, 2017
Emmanuel Macron participating in the 4th summit of the southern countries of the European Union on January 10, 2018.
Emmanuel Macron following recording his New Year’s speech at the Elysée Palace on December 31, 2018.
The President of the French Republic during the third stage of his tour of France of mayors as part of the great national debate in 2019.
President Emmanuel Macron during the commemoration of the 74th anniversary of the victory of May 8, 1945 at the Arc de Triomphe, May 8, 2019.
Emmanuel Macron Europa in Brussels to attend the European Council on December 12, 2019.
Emmanuel Macron welcome the heads of state of the G5 member countries on January 13, 2020.
Emmanuel Macron celebrating his 43rd birthday confined in December 2020
Emmanuel Macron inaugurating the 58th International Agricultural Show at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center on February 26, 2022.
Emmanuel Macron during a videoconference with NATO members at the French army headquarters in Paris, France, February 25, 2022
Emmanuel Macron, serious, participating in a videoconference of G7 leaders on Ukraine at the Elysée Palace, February 24, 2022.
18/18 SLIDES
Even if he seems to have a definite lead over his competitors, the game is not yet won for Emmanuel Macron. In the columns of Le Parisien this Thursday, March 24, some supporters of the president-candidate expressed their concern regarding the “non-campaign” maintained by the current head of state, very busy with international issues including the war in Ukraine.
When it’s not on the lack of women in his teamit is on his possible lack of involvement in the presidential campaign that Emmanuel Macron is criticized in his own camp. With a very heavy international context marked by the war in Ukraine, the Head of State is campaigning at least. What to worry regarding some of his supportersnot reassured by this scent of non-campaign which transpires from the current President. Even if their candidate is still far ahead of his competitors, he has shown a slight drop in the polls lately and this has not escaped his supporters, who are anxious just over two weeks before the first round of the presidential election. « His press conference was sloppy. And it cost him some points the last days. It may continue to decline. Caution, alert! »warned in the columns of Parisian, this Thursday, March 24, a great elected official and support of the Head of State.
If some didn’t like the style, others did not appreciate the content sometimes considered too right. “He made announcements but did not explain his measures. What does the revised and corrected RSA mean? What do we do for the income of the teachers? And the good news, like source aids, he didn’t develop it »lamented one of his supporters, who denounces “preparations in a too small circle”. “It’s the Alexis Kohler line (the secretary general of the Elyséeeditor’s note) who won”, he explains. One should understand “risk free” and with “little innovation”. According to The Parisianat the campaign headquarters of La République en Marche, the watchword remains as follows: “We must persevere in the direction of the first five-year term, assume, amplify. » “It’s not like continuity”recognizes a member of the government on condition of anonymity in the newspaper.
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Emmanuel Macron at a press conference at the Docks de Paris, in Aubervilliers, on March 17, 2022 Stephane Lemouton / Bestimage
A giant meeting which should reassure
“My concern is supporters who might not vote for us, on the theme ‘it’s folded’, like a tacit renewal »says another. “We have to give, thanks to the meeting of April 2 and until then, a little positive, of breath, of coherence”, pleads a minister. After a very busy week on the international level, Emmanuel Macron should finally swap his presidential costume to really put on that of a candidate the coming week. Saturday, April 2, Brigitte Macron’s husband will hold a big meeting at Paris La Defense Arena. A room that can accommodate up to 40,000 people. An event that might reassure the most worried and remobilize the troops a week before the first round.
Article written in collaboration with 6Medias