“We’ll get them!”: Emmanuel Macron caught off guard by publication of private exchanges with Françoise Degois

Emmanuel Macron learned three days before publication that journalist Françoise Degois would include their private Telegram exchanges in her book, “Vous êtes tous trop durs avec moi,” published by Éditions Robert Laffont. Spanning two years, the messages address the June 2024 dissolution of the National Assembly, the rise of the National Rally, and Macron’s resolve to keep the party from reaching the Élysée. Macron defends the dissolution, says the RN was better prepared for autumn than for June, and declares, “We’ll get them!” Degois, a left-leaning commentator and former adviser to Ségolène Royal, acknowledged that she did not ask Macron’s permission to publish the correspondence.