Amanpour and Company

MACRON HAS TO UNITE THE COUNTRY, AND HE KNOWS THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS HOW HE'S GOING TO TRY TO GO TO THE LEFT SIDE, TO GO TO THE RIGHT CENTER BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT TRADITIONAL POLITICS IS OVER. >> THAT'S A GOOD THING, THEN. THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TIME FOR THAT KIND OF UNITY TO BE FORGED. >> IT HAS TO BE UNITED. OTHERWISE, IT'S GOING TO BE A DISASTER. AND THAT'S THE LESSON OF THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. USUALLY IN FRANCE, WE'RE ALWAYS SAYING, YOU OH, YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AMERICA IS HAPPENING FOUR YEARS LATER IN FRANCE, OR FIVE YEARS LATER. NOW FRANCE MIGHT GIVE LESSONS TO THE UNITED STATES. THERE'S NO CLASSICAL PARTY ANYMORE. IT'S COMPLETELY DEAD. THE SOCIALIST PARTY IS UNDER 5%. THE CLASSICAL REPUBLICAN PARTY IS A DISASTER. SO YOU HAVE MACRON, AND YOU HAVE THE EXTREMES. AND MACRON HAS TO RECOMPOSE THE FRENCH POLITICAL SOCIETY. >> OKAY. SO YOU WERE HIS SPOKESPERSON DURING THE 2017 CAMPAIGN. YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HIM. YOU GOT TO KNOW HIS STYLE, HIS PROFESSIONAL STYLE, PROBABLY A BIT OF HIS PERSONAL STYLE. WHAT -- >> I CAN BE CRITICAL NOW. >> OF COURSE YOU CAN. WHAT IS HIS CHARACTER, AND HOW WILL IT HELP HIM? >> I THINK HE'S A LONELY PERSON, AND I THINK HE TRUST ONE PERSON, HIS WIFE. AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE WORKING FOR HIM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT BECAUSE HE'S LISTENING, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SAYING THAT WHEN YOU'RE A POLITICIAN, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A COUNTER-POWER. I THINK WITH EMMANUEL MACRON, YOU CAN SEE SOMETIMES HIS LONELINESS. HE'S ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT HE'S GOING TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. HE'S SURROUNDED, AND THAT IS SOMETHING WHICH WAS QUITE INTERESTING AND THE FRENCH PEOPLE NOTICED. HE'S SURROUNDED BY TECHNOCRATS. THERE'S A KIND OF CONTRADICTION IN THE MACRON CHARACTER ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO BRING THE CIVIL SOCIETY TO HELP HIM, AND HE'S TRYING, BUT THE INABILITY FOR THE POLITICAL PROFESSIONAL TEAM TO WALK WITH THE CIVIL SOCIETY. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE CHALLENGE FOR HIM. IS HE GOING TO SURROUND HIMSELF BY TECHNOCRATS, BY PEOPLE WHO WENT TO SCHOOL, OR IS HE GOING TO OPEN HIS MANDATE TO THE CIVIL SOCIETY? AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN POLL AFTER POLL, WHEN YOU GO TO THE STREET, WHEN YOU SPEAK, AS YOU DID, TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE, THEY WANT SOMETHING ELSE IN POLITICS. TRADITIONAL POLITICS DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE, AND MACRON HAS TO FIND SOMETHING WHICH IS A MESSAGE OPEN AND LISTENING TO THE CIVIL SOCIETY.