From Morocco, Emmanuel Macron played at being his own lawyer on Wednesday. The Head of State indeed defended his “at the same time” method, which he is often criticized for, affirming that it was necessary not to give in to the “ukases” of ease nor give in to “bad winds”.
“You know, I am a very big supporter of “at the same time”,” the president said to the French community of Morocco in Rabat.
Macron does not see it as “a refusal to choose”
“Many people think that “at the same time” is ambiguity or a refusal to choose. It’s a big mistake to think that,” added the tenant of the Élysée. “It is a refusal to give in to the ukase of simplification in an increasingly complex world,” he said, pointing to a world with “plural identities” which “take away nothing” from each other. ‘other. “And whatever bad winds are blowing, do not give in because I believe that they do not resemble France neither in its history nor in its present nor in its future,” he concluded without expanding further.
Emmanuel Macron has shaped his speech and his political action around two concepts, “at the same time” and “overcoming” between the left and the right.
Elisabeth Borne’s tackle
In his recent work Twenty months in Matignonthe former Prime Minister, on the other hand, is critical of these concepts. Élisabeth Borne judges in particular that the notion of right-left “overtaking” “proves to be more structuring than that of “at the same time” which can end up making you lose your direction”. According to her, “this “at the same time”, this way of reconciling totally opposed positions, is not without dangers”.
Source: www.20minutes.fr
