If the fear of heights already dizzies you, if an uncontrollable vertigo takes hold of you, sports fan, as you end this month of July rich in a World Cup overlapping the Tour de France, rest assured. Summer is far from over. It will ooze to the rhythm of the swimming and athletics Euros, then the final bouquet scheduled on the Philippe-Chatrier court on Thursday August 27.
Presidential joust
Roland-Garros is over, you say? Nay! The Parisian setting will, on the contrary, offer itself a match between those fans of murderous forehands who are those involved in the race for the Élysée. It is in this legendary place that 20,000 business leaders, gathered in the stands during the Medef summer school, will attend the first presidential contest.
And the entry list promises a great show. Gabriel Attal and his doubles partner Édouard Philippe will talk about business competitiveness, employment or taxation, passing the ball to Bruno Retailleau or Raphaël Glucksmann. Add to this casting (non-exhaustive) the two current favorites in the table, the offensive Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the comeback Marine Le Pen (who confirmed her presence this Friday): you will obtain a first tornado on clay, during which well-placed punchlines will count as so many winning shots.
The picture
This is, in fact, an area in which no candidate will be able to fail in the coming months: that of image. We may regret it, but it is a fact: if substance is of course necessary to build a presidential destiny, form counts at least as much. We know the virality that a few seconds of a video can trigger thanks to algorithms. However, what could be better than a shocking statement, delivered in the face of one’s competitors at Roland-Garros, to make an impression? This is the move that every candidate dreams of playing: the powerful and well-placed formula that no opponent will be able to return.
