
The President of the Republic wants the candidates to work together on the project before the election, without being the organizer or the beneficiary.
Emmanuel Macron wants a coalition ranging from Raphaël Glucksmann to David Lisnard to be formed for 2027 in order to prevent a Le Pen-Mélenchon duel, but he will neither be able to organize it nor benefit from it, according to Le Figaro.
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Emmanuel Macron failed to build a coalition capable of governing either in 2022 after his re-election, nor in 2024 after his dissolution. He now wishes to prevent the victory of the “extremes” for 2027 without being able to be the organizer or the beneficiary.
COUNTERPOINT - Considering the candidates in the running to be inaudible in substance, the President of the Republic would like them to start by working together on the project.
What the reigning president failed to do either in 2022, after his re-election, or in 2024, after his dissolution, the outgoing president would like to impose for 2027: build an authentic coalition capable of governing the country and, beforehand, of preventing the victory of the “extremes”. Except: Emmanuel Macron can no longer be either the organizer or the beneficiary.
In the coming weeks, the head of state will not intervene publicly in the preparation of the presidential election. His stated priority between now and the end of his mandate: to set up an alliance of countries which, from Canada to Australia, from Brazil to Kenya, refuse to be crushed by a dual Chinese and American hegemony...
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