The essential :
- Emmanuel Macron will present the main measures of his program at a press conference at the Docks de Paris, in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), from 3 p.m.
- The intervention will last “as long as necessary”, specify its teams at “Point”.
- Favorite in the polls, the Head of State had presented some measures in Poissy (Yvelines) during his first intervention as a candidate. He had notably defended the abolition of the TV license fee and the tripling of the Macron bonus.
- In his introductory remarks, the candidate of La République en Marche should feed his “four pacts” (European, generational, productive, republican) with concrete measures.
- The 24-page programmatic booklet, which must soon be sent to the French, has been in print since last week.
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15 h 45 – Macron intends to build a “European metaverse”
“We will defend copyrights and neighboring rights to build a European metaverse,” announced Emmanuel Macron. It is, believes the Head of State, not to depend on “Anglo-Saxon and Chinese actors and aggregators”.
15 h 35 – Emmanuel Macron presents his plan to guarantee France’s energy independence
The Head of State confirmed the construction of a first tranche of 6 new nuclear reactors and the study of eight other reactors. The installed capacity of solar energy must be multiplied by 10 and 50 wind farms at sea must be created.
15 h 25 – Macron intends to make France “a more independent nation in a stronger Europe”
The candidate for his re-election to the presidency of the Republic indicated that he would develop three axes during this press conference. First axis: to make France “a more independent nation in a stronger Europe”. “From 2017, I decided to break with disinvestment in our armies”, recalled the Head of State.
15 h 10 – The President of the Republic defends his record
“The action has been there” for the past five years, said the head of state, who promises, if re-elected, to change his method of government by relying on “popular sovereignty .”
14 h 55 – Macron should commit to raising the retirement age to 65
During the presentation of his program, Emmanuel Macron should commit to pushing back the legal retirement age to 65, as reported by our colleagues from echoes. Information also gleaned from Point with the candidate’s entourage. “There was a debate between 64 and 65 years old, but there is a good chance that it will land on 65 years old”, commented a week ago a close friend of Emmanuel Macron.
15 h 00 – The major reforms announced in Poissy
Universities, professional high schools, National Education, tax cuts, pensions, the president described his priority projects in Poissy, Tuesday March 8.
Read Marc Vignaud’s paper: Emmanuel Macron unveils the major reforms of a second term
14 h 45 – Macron tempted by a dissolution of the National Assembly
Like Jacques Chirac in 1997, the current President of the Republic would consider organizing early legislative elections – the two rounds of which are scheduled for June 12 and 19. Advanced objective: not to let fall the breath of a possible victory. But, for a head of state already accused of exercising solitary power and skipping the presidential campaign, the maneuver could be perceived as a bit “Putinian”, in the words of a Republican executive.
Read Nathalie Schuck’s paper: Dissolution, the maneuver that would tempt Macron
14 h 30 – Emmanuel Macron still well ahead in the polls
According to a Harris Interactive poll for Challenges published on Wednesday March 16, the candidate of La France insoumise is credited with 13.5% of voting intentions, behind Emmanuel Macron (30%) and Marine Le Pen (19.5%). Jean-Luc Mélenchon thus achieves his best score since January 2021. This progression is mainly at the expense of his far-right rival Éric Zemmour (11%). The former polemicist has experienced a sharp decline since the start of the war in Ukraine (- 4.5 points over the last three weeks) and has regained his score of mid-September.
14h20 – The government’s new “whatever it takes”
Prime Minister Jean Castex presented this Wednesday the “economic and social resilience plan” intended to enable companies to cope with the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine. The ceiling of the loan guaranteed by the State (PGE), one of the main weapons used to allow companies to get through the health crisis, will in particular be increased from 25 to 35% of the turnover of companies in order to allow them to borrow more.
Read Marc Vignaud’s paper: Resilience plan: the new “whatever the cost”
14 h 00 – Macron steps up his campaign
Accused of fleeing the countryside, Emmanuel Macron is accelerating. Before gathering the press at the Docks de Paris, in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), the Head of State told his teams that he wanted “something open, transparent”, which would allow him to respond to ” all questions from journalists. His entourage specifies Point that the intervention will last “as long as necessary”. “The little music about the fact that he does not want to campaign was starting to rise, recognizes a strategist. However, in the event of re-election, he still needs a political mandate. This is why he must submit to this operation of transparency on his program. »
Read Mathilde Siraud’s paper: Presidential: accused of fleeing the countryside, Macron is accelerating
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