It is a place unknown to the general public. We are at 95, rue de l’Université (Paris VIIe), a dependency of the National Assembly. On the second floor, the office of the chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs. It’s big enough and there is a cozy sitting area. The current occupant is the deputy of French abroad Roland Lescure. The surrounding walls are steeped in history. If macronism were a religion, we wouldn’t be far from a holy place …
Because in 2015, it was the lair of the conspirators of the law for growth, activity and equal economic opportunities, known as the Macron law. There was François Brottes, the host at the time, Richard Ferrand, Stéphane Travert, Sibeth Ndiaye (who worked in the office of the Minister of the Economy) and of course Macron himself. This story takes place at night. From two o’clock in the morning, the Minister, surrounded by these few relatives, prepares the following day by sipping the green chartreuse, this liqueur, a specialty of Isère, the district of Brottes …
Amendment by amendment, article after article, the Homeric battle against the unleashed slingers. And the hope for Emmanuel Macron to convince (this is one of his character traits) and to obtain, thanks to the compromise, that his law is adopted. Founding moment in its political history, since François Hollande and Manuel Valls end, at the last moment, by deciding not to take any risk and trigger 49.3 …
This is where Macron begins to tell that partisan postures must be overcome because “they prevent”. We know the rest. Today, when the first apostles come to see Roland Lescure “at 95”, Proust’s madeleines taste like green chartreuse, and they ask themselves the question: overcoming the divisions made the victory of 2017, what will be the right message? in 2022?
Original article by : www.leparisien.fr
