The book, published Thursday, belongs to this series of political books born of confidences. Without any major revelation, it sets the picture of a solitary Macron.
Here, the collection of messages does not claim to upend the official narrative. It rather documents the end of a term in which the head of state alone takes on the defense of his record.
The book's title takes up a message from the head of state, who considers himself the victim of unfair treatment. Emmanuel Macron believes he is judged too harshly, as this sentence illustrates.
The exchanges with Françoise Degois remain private in their origin. Their publication turns them into public matter, at a time when the president faces persistent unpopularity.
These confidences by text message, more modern than a classic interview, sketch a president isolated in the face of his five-year term and his political legacy.
The book does not reveal explosive information. It does, however, reinforce the image of a man alone, forced to defend his record inch by inch, for lack of anyone else doing it in his place.
The president of the Republic engaged in these conversations over the past two years. According to the published material, he appears unpopular, abandoned, even disowned. No one else, on this reading, carries that record. The president thus finds himself arguing message after message.