“Resign?” Never ! »… Confidential messages from Macron revealed in a book

“You are all too hard on me. » These words, Emmanuel Macron wrote them as part of a private conversation with the editorialist Françoise Degois, while he believes that journalists are not kind to him. Today, this sentence is made public and even happens to be the title of a book published Thursday, November 5 by the person who was the interlocutor of the Head of State.

For two years, Françoise Degois held a Telegram conversation with the President of the Republic, who confided to her his opinion and his feelings about the political situation in the country. According to the newspaper Marianne, Emmanuel Macron only became aware of this book at the beginning of the week, barely four days before its publication.

“It’s the RN that won”

It was at the end of summer 2024 that François Degois began to communicate with the president, according to Le Figaro and Marianne. Editorialist at Sud Radio, she also had a career as a political journalist at France Inter, before serving for a time as an advisor to Ségolène Royal.

This summer is then marked by the Paris Olympic Games... but also by an absence of government, following the dissolution of the National Assembly in June 2024. Françoise Delgois points out that the left-wing coalition, united under the New Popular Front (NFP), won the early legislative elections. But the president replied: “You did not win. It was the RN that won. » And while the NFP proposes Lucie Castets as Prime Minister, Emmanuel Macron brushes aside the idea. “It’s only her and all of you who believe that she can go to Matignon one day,” he wrote.

A series of failures to form a government followed. By message, Emmanuel Macron is surprised to see the socialists “vote censorship” against Michel Barnier. François Bayrou then takes over, but ends up faltering. “If it doesn’t recover within 48 hours, I don’t see how I can continue,” the president laments.

“I don’t plan to desert”

When Françoise Degois believes that “the dissolution is a total failure”, he responds with a simple “No agreement”. And Emmanuel Macron does not question his mandate either: “Resign? Never ! For no reason! Never. I don't plan to desert. I'm moving forward. »

For the president, “any movement benefits the RN”. But he does not believe for a second in a victory for Marine Le Pen in the presidential election: “She will not be able to hide her natural tropism, her natural inclination, pro-Putin and pro-Maga for long. She won't make it. And the French hate it. The presidential election is the truth of the prices. »

And when, on the left, he is accused of playing into the hands of the far-right party, Emmanuel Macron refutes. He sees it more as a reproach that is “a bit lunatic and totally unfair”.