LIVE. Dissolution, successive governments,… after a busy political year 2024, relive Emmanuel Macron’s speech

Le Président s’exprimera ce soir à 20 h. MAXPPP

This Tuesday, December 31, marks the end of 2024. Before welcoming in the New Year, President Emmanuel Macron will deliver his traditional New Year's wishes at 8 p.m.

The Essentials

This evening, Emmanuel Macron will deliver his traditional New Year's wishes for 2025. For his eighth New Year's wishes, the President will want to stick to "major issues" in the shadow of a complicated political year for him. “Previously, he was a president who governed”, thisthis year, he will be "more in a guarantor role", confided an advisor to the President during the day. 8:12 p.m.

The desire for “military rearmament”

The President affirms that the country “will have to continue to invest in its military rearmament” in 2025. He explains that “our security and the proper functioning of our democracies are never a given”.

8:10 p.m.

“Each of you is necessary”

Emmanuel Macron thus wishes the French for 2025 to be “united, determined and fraternal”, before ending his speech.

8:07 p.m.

“A France that works and innovates more”

The President boasts of having managed to get through the various crises while lowering the unemployment rate. He wants to remain “strong and credible”. “Great nations are those that in times of crisis and doubt know how to see far” . Emmanuel Macron wants to “stay the course” in 2025, “decide and act with 2050 in sight” .

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8:06 p.m.

On the international front

The President insists that France must continue to support the European Union in the face of the various dangers facing the Union, particularly after the controversial elections in Romania, Moldova and Georgia.

8:05 p.m.

Emmanuel Macron insists on the need for a budget

“Make life easier for those who work hard.” The president insists on adopting a budget very quickly.

8:04 p.m.

Mea culpa on the dissolution of the President ?

The President returns to the dissolution of the National Assembly . “If I decided to dissolve, it was to give you back your voice, to regain clarity and to avoid the immobility that threatened. But lucidity and humility demand that we recognize that at this time this decision has produced more instability than serenity, and I take full responsibility for it.” A decision that has brought “more instability than serenity“. He then thanks the previous Prime Ministers including Michel Barnier, before supporting François Bayrou .

20h03.

“United, determined and united”

“United, determined and united”, are the President's first words. He then speaks of the farmers, then of the inhabitants of Mayotte, and of the overseas territories as far as New Caledonia “which has suffered so much in recent months”. “Let us keep the best of what we have summer”.

8:01 p.m.

The anniversary of the Liberation, the Olympic Games, or feminism

The President looks back on each of the year's major events. The speech that follows will only last 8 minutes.

8:00 p.m.

“Together, we have proven that impossible was not French”

Before the President's speech, there is first a video retracing the most important moments of the year 2024, such as the 2024 Olympic Games or the reconstruction of Notre-Dame, the all commented by Emmanuel Macron. “Together, we have proven that impossible was not French”.

7:55 p.m.

Welcome to this live

Welcome to this live to follow the wishes of President Emmanuel Macron in a few minutes ending a busy year 2024.