the 48 hours that plunged Macron back into crisis

Emmanuel Macron (here, Thursday afternoon, on his arrival in Brussels for a European summit) convened in the morning, at 8 a.m., an interministerial crisis unit which was held at Place Beauvau. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP

STORY – The Head of State and his ministers are closely following the evolution of the crisis, which could come to hit the end of the hundred days of post-retirement appeat.

Wednesday evening at the Élysée. Midnight is approaching, events are racing. Emmanuel Macron returned at the end of the afternoon from Marseille where he spent three days in immersion. Since the day before already, the President of the Republic has kept himself constantly informed of the evolution of the riots which have set the suburbs ablaze since a policeman shot down a young driver in Nanterre, during a check. The images of the scene, broadcast on social networks, are shocking and leave little room for doubt.

Emmanuel Macron and his teams are worried. Everyone feels the emotion that grips the country at the death of young Nahel. Everyone also knows that the situation can deteriorate very quickly. The slightest wrong word can make everything degenerate. After the broadcast of the images on Tuesday, the head of state chose not to say anything. And leaves it to the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior to express themselves. This is the time of emotion and investigation.