This was the “Dear” of the Macron couple, the ” brain “ of the President of the Republic (according to The point), one of the faces of triumphant Macronism, before the disaster. Jean-Michel Blanquer, who organised the first summer university of his think tank Le Laboratoire de la République, from Thursday 29 to Saturday 31 August, in Autun (Saône-et-Loire), on the outskirts of Morvan, offers in a book (The citadelAlbin Michel, 415 p., 21.90 euros) a rare dive into Emmanuel Macron’s first five-year term, analysing a power system that is both ultra-centralised and subject to incessant shifts in position, inherent to “at the same time”.
The former Minister of Education does not hide his initial fascination with this young, disruptive, intelligent and cultured President of the Republic, who is in favour of overcoming divisions. The man, who invites him to the Je Thé Me restaurant in Paris, immediately seduces him: a “snake charmer”. Their relationship is “still beautiful” : frequent meetings, where they remake the world, in harmony; a parallel visit to the tomb of Christ in Jerusalem; “candlelight dinner” at the Elysée Palace. Above all, Macron supports all of his minister’s reforms, including the division of classes into CP and CE1 in priority educational zones, one of the emblematic reforms of Macronism. Nothing seems to resist the former rector, who cannot stop thinking about Matignon.
The fall and disappointment will be greater. The fact that I dared to say ” No “ the head of state, who wanted him to head the list of the majority in Ile-de-France for the 2021 regional elections, puts Macron in a difficult situation. “giant anger”and hurries “descent into hell”. HE “off” malicious blossoming, its “rigidity” of “materialistic” He is the object of ridicule, he loses arbitrations… His referral to the Constitutional Council on “immersive teaching” infuriates the defenders of regional languages. François Bayrou calls him furious: “Your head is on the chopping block. I will ask the president [de la République] that you go. And he will grant it to me. »
Tender or acidic portraits
Blanquer describes the pretensions of a court of which he was one of the most enthusiastic participants. Placing himself under the protection of Brigitte Macron, the “Good Fairy of Elysium”WHO“surprises” for his ” natural “ and his “happiness”The minister makes the mistake of not taking sufficient account of the powerful Secretary General of the Elysée, Alexis Kohler, in power “exorbitant” : “ [Ses] Simple judgments could carry more weight than a decision that had been collectively considered for months and concerned thousands of people.he laments.
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