“I am a candidate to defend our values that the world’s disorder threatens,” declared the President of the Republic in a letter to the French people sent to several regional daily newspapers.
A declaration delayed by the war in Ukraine. The tenant of the Élysée has exactly 38 days left to convince the French to continue entrusting him with the keys to the presidency.
The President of the Republic explains in a letter to the French, sent on Thursday evening to the regional press, why he is seeking a second term at the Élysée.
For now, Emmanuel Macron is content to present orientations rather than concrete proposals with less than 40 days to the first round.
The question remains what the President, now a candidate, will do to balance his various roles — he is also the president of the council of presidents and head of government of the 27 until June — with his electoral campaign, during a time that calling troubling would be an understatement.
