PMA, menopause, IVG… Emmanuel Macron takes back control of women voters

Six pages of interview in she… A few weeks before the European elections that lend themselves to comments about the dangers of nationalism, Emmanuel Macron’s interview with the women’s magazine may seem out of proportion. Why do we talk about PMA, menopause, miscarriage, paternity leave or GPA instead of poutine or Meloni? The Elysee does nothing by chance.

A few days before the Sorbonne’s speech, in Macron’s panel discussions, an alarming poll was circulated. It reveals that women are turning away from the majority. Then a member of parliament alerts us, saying: “We are witnessing a real decline in the voting rate among women by 16% compared to 22% among men.” One minister added: “I saw this study being done. We have a real interest. We should pay attention to it.”

And that week, our interlocutors had additional suggestions: “I think seeing Valerie Heyer (head of the European list, editor’s note) surrounded by men is not a good sign, as if men were campaigning for her, and I personally would like that,” the majority member said. Elizabeth Bourne should be more involved.” The minister, for her part, stressed: “I think we need to remember on a regular basis everything we have done for women.”

The station is in a good location

A week later, Macaroni, already in attack mode, decided to tick all the boxes. Elizabeth Bourne is listed last on Valérie Heyer’s list, as is Marine Le Pen on Jordan Bardella’s list, a symbolic place meant to show strong support.

On the evening of Tuesday, May 6, during Valerie Heyer’s meeting at Mutualité, the former Prime Minister was widely highlighted. The head of the same list, during his speech, gave great importance to women. Referring to the National Front party, she explained, “With them, rights decline! Above all, women’s rights. Just look at Madame Le Pen’s friends who promote abortion in Italy. Or who, in Hungary, forces women to listen to the heartbeat of their fetus.” […] So, ladies, it’s time to say stop!

Macron is moving

The interview with the head of state is part of this desire to win back women voters who seem to be fleeing from Macronism. Could the support provided by the Elysée tenant to Gérard Depardieu have something to do with it? At the end of December 2023, before the actor was summoned to court, Emmanuel Macron defended himself, praised the “huge actor” who “makes France proud” and denounced the “witch hunt.”

The Macronists interviewed refuse to admit this. But the statements made by the President of the Republic in the interview he gave to the magazine she Keep him guessing. “I have no sense of complacency,” he assures us now, “just a desire to respect our principles, such as the presumption of innocence.” Emmanuel Macron now claims to have “deep respect, goodwill and great trust for women and their words”, and says he is “uncompromising on the issue of rape, control and this culture of brutality”. He continued: “My priority has always been to protect the victims, and this is also the case with the Depardieu case.”

In the same interview he explains the idea of ​​demographic rearmament that may have shocked female voters and advocates in large numbers for PMA or even maternity leave. An attack that shows a certain excitement one month before the elections.