...and together, if you put your trust in me,
I truly believe that anything is possible.
Thank you, Mr. Kalhenberg, you respected the allotted time.
It is time for the conclusion. You have the floor, Mr. Mercier.
It was a random draw. Maybe that isn't surprising.
One of the greatest scientists ever known, Albert Einstein,
said something I find very enlightening.
"Those who created the problems won't be able to resolve them."
Everyone here has created so many problems. So many!
Consistently, with precision, and almost diligently.
It is therefore evident that not one of them could resolve anything.
Not one of these irresponsible politicians,
not one of these makers of broken promises,
not one of these hope destroyers.
I only have one commitment: take the power back from them.
To return it to you.
The constituent assembly I propose,
composed of citizens selected by lot, is tasked with
re-initializing democracy, to return to its origins.
The government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Use me.
I am merely the opportunity to change the system...
Liar!
...control of your lives. Long live the French!
Long live democracy!
Okay. Thank you to the candidates...
-This guy is crazy. -Sorry, guys!
-I had work to do. Did you watch it all? -Yes.
Well done! That takes guts. Well?
Well... The Mercier show.
Of course. He's pissed on them from the start and they like it.
Sorry, it's the truth!
Mercier drains Vidal and Chalon. The result is clear. Amélie will win.
She did a good job. The presidential election is behind us.
Seeing as you know her well, who will be Prime Minister?
I don't know her well. I'm in her head.
She'll name a Prime Minister who sticks to her new line.
Not on the right, as Boudard is against her.
No liberals, as she wants to bury the 3% deficit.
-She needs someone from the left. -I agree.
-I'm thinking Mirmont. -Mirmont?
He's wrung out from three years in Foreign Affairs, destroyed by jet lag.
Have you seen him? He gets seasick on dry land.
-Kalhenberg? -No! Amélie loves her country.
She didn't destroy the SP to nominate her cast-offs.
Laurence Bartais, a Green.
No! Environmentalists quit after a year, crying like babies.
I see you're struggling. So I'll give you a clue.
Be careful, this stays between us.
He's standing in front of you.
Get your selfies now!
You're like Naïma. I'll say this: you're lucky not to believe it.
I'm already feeling the pressure.
-You think it's possible? -Who else? Colonel Mustard?
It's just a theory. She hasn't contacted you.
Why would she? She has no reason to before the first round.
If I had run for president,
in the first round, they'd have buried me with this epitaph:
"Here lies Philippe Rickwaert, a nice guy who was cut down in his prime
by an ill-fated presidential candidacy."
But now, I cleverly let myself be forgotten
after refusing to add further division.
I know...
Matignon is hell. The front line.
A simple collaborator ridiculed at will.
But when the President ends her final term, it's something else.
The center of power is no longer the Elysée, it's Matignon.
Well... how is the wine, my love?
In ten years, this move will be known as "The Rickwaert."
Spotty students will write their thesis on it.
Exceptional!
You think it's normal?
Normal? It's Philippe. It isn't the first word that comes to mind.
-Is there something wrong? -No, he's doing well.
Too well for someone who isn't even a candidate.
Anyone else in his position would be depressed, but...
But it's all rosy because he'll be Prime Minister.
Get ready, he wants you to be his spokesperson.
I know, he already mentioned it.
You know how strong he is. He never backs down.
I'd prefer it if he was bedridden.
You know what this is?
A fit of delirium.
Reality is too hard, so he constructs a new one to survive.
A magical reality.
He's so high, it's like he's permanently on coke.
Non-stop jokes, and he does push-ups every morning.
But the day Amélie chooses her Prime Minister, imagine the fall.
He'll deteriorate and collapse.
Well, ladies, living the life of Riley?
Make the most of it as things will soon shake up.
Let's start by voting.
So we all agree, we're voting Vidal.
If Michel is too low, it won't help us.
With the left high, my nomination becomes unavoidable.
I have something. ELABE.
-Is it bad? -Just ranges.
Dorendeu on top with 22 to 25.
Chalon, 17 to 20, Mercier, very high, between 16 and 18.
And us.
Between 13 and 16.
Ranges? I call them loose fishing nets.
What do they know? It is 5 p.m. Voting closes in three hours.
Counting hasn't even started.
We'll know the result after counting the ballots. You'll see, it'll...
Holy cow! Mercier ahead of Vidal.
The green, Bartais, between 9 and 10.
The polls put her at 6, right?
That's good news. It's very "Amélie-compatible."
The best news is about Chalon.
If he could stay below 20...
Good luck getting 50% in the second round!
Everyone is sending you messages.
But first, I'd like to savor the moment.
Since it never lasts long...
The results are almost in.
Who will be the two candidates to face each other
in the second round?
You can see the countdown behind me.
We will find out our first estimations in a few seconds.
Here are the first-round results of the presidential election.
Amélie Dorendeu obtains 23% of the vote.
Lionel Chalon and Christophe Mercier are tied
in second place at 18.7%.
Impossible to separate them.
Michel Vidal is way behind with 13%.
Here are the other scores.
Great uncertainty for the second round.
It looks like Mercier might be ahead of Chalon.
Damn it!
Almost unknown a year ago...
Shut up!
Christophe!
TAKE BACK CONTROL
-Christophe for President! -Christophe!
A few months ago,
a journalist took me aside after a show.
I won't say his name, but he is an editor well-known
in the small world of political media.
He looked me in the eyes and said:
"Mercier, this was your 15 minutes of fame.
Make the most of it as it won't last. I guarantee it.
I guarantee it."
I propose to dedicate this victory to him!
The Interior Minister
has confirmed our qualification for the second round.
And in 15 days,
you will be able to put a slip in the ballot boxes saying:
"We are our only representatives.
We are our only sovereign."
Democracy!
It's late. What are you doing?
My governmental structure.
Are you coming?
Two minutes.
My program will be impossible
if I don't break the technostructure grip.
-What do you want? -To discuss the future.
-There is no future. -Lionel.
I know it's hard, but you must back Christophe.
Tonight.
"Christophe."
-Did he send you? -No.
You and I disagreed on tactics, but that's all.
I will always be a right-wing nationalist.
I'll need more than that to follow your guru for lost souls.
Mercier is a battering ram. He'll break down the system's door.
You'll be the one crossing the threshold
if you're smart enough to overcome your hatred.
Otherwise, Vidal will do it.
Mercier will get a shit score.
He'll be forgotten just as quickly.
The only alternative to globalists is National Rally's ideas.
I'm not an old fool like Vidal. I have time to win.
Mercier's guys will come begging at the legislative elections.
Starting with you.
Or they'll want to see you dead for not fighting Dorendeu.
You'll be the one to be forgotten.
If you join with Mercier, you'll swallow him whole.
Look at Italy.
The Five Star Movement came ahead of La Lega.
But Salvini was smart enough to make an alliance.
Who's the dominant one now?
They weren't proposing sortition.
How can you lead with such a system?
Sortition is a distant hope.
It'll take time to bring together his constituent,
to debate, work on, draft a bill...
At least a year, or even two. That part is intriguing.
What happens during that time? Which laws? Which budgets?
He'll need a Prime Minister.
Someone with experience to advise the President
and propose referendums or bills on Europe and immigration.
Mercier is anything but the end. He's part of the process.
Get on the train now and in a week, you'll be in the driving seat.
Look at the left-wing candidates. They all have dwarf scores.
Vidal, 13: a dwarf.
Bartais, nine: a little dwarf.
Kalhenberg, five: a mini-dwarf.
Exactly what I predicted.
You didn't predict Mercier in the second round.
Even better! The ideal configuration for Amélie.
You're exaggerating, you could at least apologize.
"Sorry, my love. You were right."
NO CALLER ID
Yes?
Evening, Philippe. It's Laurence.
Hi, Laurence. Well done! Nice score.
I felt something in the air at the end...
People's expressions, their encouragement.
-Something happened. -You siphoned Daniel and Michel.
When an idea is planted, it becomes unavoidable.
That's true.
I wanted to catch you tonight
because with this score, I need to be ready for every eventuality.
If things go on as they are, I'll need you on my team.
-My governmental team. -Wait, what do you mean?
Nothing for sure right now,
but it's about reading between the lines.
Suggestion is king.
Okay. Have you spoken to Amélie or not?
I can't say.
-I was thinking territories. -Which territories?
With your skills, you'd be a great Territories Minister:
local collectives, transport, planning...
With your experience as a mayor and your ability--
Can I call you back?
Yes!
Everyone is waiting for you, Michel.
One can spend a lifetime waiting.
We're wondering what you'll say.
I'm not obliged to give advice on the second round votes,
so I won't be giving any.
-You have to support Mercier. -Really? Why should I?
For the movement's principles.
Curiouser and curiouser. And what might those be?
Your own words.
"When oustism comes knocking, we mustn't be fussy."
The people, who are angry, not fascists, voted Mercier to express their anger.
I don't need a lecture.
If we don't back him, it will be seen as betraying the people.
If Chalon was the only option, we could abstain, but here...
By backing him, we can influence him.
We have more followers and more experience.
You have more experience?
You won't make me act irrationally.
You want a line? Here's one!
Mercier had potential behind us,
but in front, he's dangerous. Do you know what Mercier thinks
about wages, pensions and environmental transition?
Or abortion and the death penalty? I don't.
I do know that he ran his campaign with Chalon's defected Nazi.
It isn't just about your vote. Our weak score proves that.
Very elegant.
Listen...
Clearing out is a long process.
What counts is being the last one standing once the massacre is over.
It has only just begun.
That histrion Mercier has nothing to do with the citizens' revolution.
He wants to destroy democracy, not us.
Backing Mercier would be disqualifying ourselves.
Because you said so?
No. It can't work like that anymore.
Not after three consecutive presidential defeats.
What comes next is up to us.
We need a members' vote.
LIVE: CHALON BACKS MERCIER
Without an ounce of hesitation, I call upon
all who voted for and supported me
to join together and transfer their support
to the candidate Christophe Mercier
whom I warmly congratulate for his impressive campaign.
In 15 days, the system can be thwarted
and none of us should miss giving it the final blow.
I imagine you aren't so keen to be on the same side as Chalon?
In any case, if you want to kill the old man,
you'll have to wait a bit longer.
One can spend a lifetime waiting.
A lifetime.
With this final poll giving him 43%,
Christophe Mercier seems to benefit from significant support from Chalon voters.
Have you seen my coffee? I just had it.
-There. -Oh, thanks.
...Dorendeu, with 57% of the votes,
remains the favorite for the second round.
NO CALLER ID
Yes?
Yes, it's me.
Of course. When?
Yes, that will be fine.
You too.
That was the private secretariat.
A car is coming to take me to the Elysée.
Philippe.
-How are you? -Fine.
Take a seat.
Do you know why you're here?
I think so.
The relationship between the President and her Prime Minister
can under no circumstances be personal.
They must perform their duties
with one goal in mind: the country's interests.
That excludes any familiarity.
-Of course. -No outbursts.
No fits of rage.
Even when we disagree. Ever.
And no condescension from you. Ever.
I'm not always polite, but you tend to look down on me.
-When, for example? -Now.
I'm asking you to be Prime Minister. How is that condescending?
Precisely, you haven't actually asked me.
For anyone else, you'd have rolled out the red carpet.
"Dear Thingamajig, would you like a drink?
Are you familiar with this painting?
It's from the Second Empire, commissioned by Empress Eugénie.
Isn't it superb?"
Then, with your angelic smile, you'd have asked:
"Dear Thingamajig, would you accept being my Prime Minister?"
I don't even get offered a coffee.
Philippe, this is you and I.
We don't need to stand on ceremony.
I need to know. You say: "With us, it's different."
But you opened with: "No familiarity."
Contradiction. I like things clear.
Fine. Get out.
Sorry?
Get out.
You're right, I was inappropriate.
Come back in and we'll start over.
That won't be necessary.
Would you like a coffee?
Yes, I would.
Politically, I know that I need you.
But on a personal level, our past is complicated.
That's an understatement.
However, an executive power with two leaders is like a couple.
Separating politics from personal life is a mistake.
It is only because our political views diverged that things went south.
The politics must be clarified, not our relationship.
I was very clear during my campaign:
environmental transition, social justice and education.
-No right-wing ministers with me. -Okay.
All left parties must be there, even The People Stand Up.
I didn't run in the name of unity.
I won't head a non-unified government.
-We could bring in Véronique. -Yes, as spokesperson.
But that's not all. Look at this.
-You had time to do all this? -There was traffic.
However, are you familiar with Article 8?
The President names the ministers.
On the Prime Minister's recommendation.
This isn't a coalition.
No, but we are sort of cohabiting.
Amélie. We're not in competition.
It's your last term. We must succeed, period.
Show that representative democracy can still change things.
If not, the final barricade will fall. That madman Mercier,
or a Nazi like Chalon, will cause devastation.
For you and me, it is a question of life or death.
That's how I see our partnership.
Those names are only suggestions.
I decide the sovereign powers.
I left Interior, Defense and Foreign Affairs blank.
As long as none are right-wing, your choice is mine.
-What's this? -Oh!
I feel really good about that.
Like in Japan, we'll make a super-ministry
that all others depend on, the MITI.
Except ecology replaces finance.
Priorities are reversed with the green rule in control.
It groups Bercy, Territories, Transport,
-Agriculture and Energy. -Nice idea.
-Why did you cross out Laurence Bartais? -Lack of trust.
She thought you were going to make an offer.
It's not untrue. Lambray called her to leak the news and confuse the media.
Now, you're keeping secrets from your Prime Minister!
It's fine, thank you.
Please excuse me.
Madam President.
Sorry, could you wait outside?
Of course.
This has been online for ten minutes.
-Fischtel himself informed us. -Can you translate that?
"Chancellor Fischtel's secret negotiations."
They are publishing messages you exchanged.
-Which messages? -A lot.
It has been orchestrated to have maximum impact.
There are several sources.
-And Fischtel? -Expecting your call.
You promised the app was impregnable.
-It is, Madam President. -Then how?
I deleted our conversations. It should be the same on his phone.
-So how? -The conversations were deleted.
But according to Die Welt,
Fischtel downloaded a free app, probably a game for his kids.
That app included a "screenlogger."
In broad terms, it captures everything on the phone's screen.
App editors use it as a massive database of personal information
which is then sold.
By exploiting the "screenlogger",
you can recover anything that was displayed.
It isn't exactly spying.
It is part of an economic model.
BREAKING - DORENDEU OFFERED TO SHARE FRANCE'S SEAT AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL
Mr. Rickwaert, the President regrets that your meeting is postponed.
A car is waiting for you.
RTL, it is 7 a.m. Now, the news.
Morning, all. Reactions are flooding in
after the revelations in the German paper Die Welt. Let's hear from...
TEXTS OF SHAME
...François Boudard.
First, the Fifth Republic, and now our seat at the UN.
What does Dorendeu want, except liquidating de Gaulle's legacy?
-Mr. Chalon, did you say "Anschluss"? -Yes. An Anschluss. An annexation.
Behind the smokescreen of Françallemagne,
there is only a German France.
Léandra Tallier, Christophe Mercier's campaign director.
It is extremely serious. This could be considered high treason.
Our country is disappearing.
The Elysée is declaring a non-story, blown out of proportion.
I'm with Léo Gardenne, from The People Stand Up.
I share the nation's dismay.
-Yes, nothing happened, but... -What next?
Dorendeu organizes submission...
-...a theory. -France, relegated.
A country sold, bit by bit.
France is exiting history.
Please, please.
Please.
Today, it is like we are in mourning.
Throughout the country, people bow their heads
in pain, shame,
anger, astonishment,
as the President of our nation,
responsible for guaranteeing national independence,
wanted to sell off France in total obscurity.
Without authorization or control.
This woman is no longer one of us.
She sides with shadows and secrets, manipulation and agreements
between the powerful, behind the people's backs.
She must be banished.
That is what is at stake at Sunday's vote.
Banish evil. Block it.
Draw a safety cordon around it so that democracy can finally be reborn.
Thank you.
People Stand Up is the key.
But I know Michel. He won't call for votes.
He would never support Mercier. He's a republican.
You just have to stay strong.
Your explanations at your rally were great.
Aggressive and straight as a die.
-You won't apologize? -No.
But 67% of the population are against sharing the UN seat.
This isn't a referendum about that.
It is a presidential election. The numbers are clear: 53%.
You're losing points, but still in front.
Keep hammering the same message.
The car for Melun is ready.
I have to go. We'll talk later.
Okay.
Stop with your 53%. It means nothing. It might keep falling.
This is still the shock wave. Hammer it.
She didn't offer the UN seat for free,
the trade was a climate pact with Germany.
The French would have decided with a referendum.
It'll seep in gradually.
"Gradually?" The second round is in seven days.
"Gradually" doesn't exist.
Do you know Bruder's scale?
What now?
You will respond to five statements with "Agree" or "Disagree."
"Many important things occur in the world
about which the public is not informed."
It depends. There are many misinformed people,
but that doesn't mean it is hidden.
Agree or disagree?
Agree, but it's a stupid question.
"Politicians do not tell us the true motivation behind their decisions."
Same thing. Stupid question!
There are several factors. It isn't black and white.
-Well? -Disagree.
"Governmental agencies monitor citizens closely."
Disagree.
"Events which do not seem connected
are often the result of secret activities."
-Disagree. -Finally,
"There are secret organizations which influence political decisions."
Strongly disagree.
Basically, it measures belief in conspiracy theories.
You're in the minority, but 58% of people agree
with four or five of those questions.
That is Bruder's scale.
General belief in concealing the truth.
Damn it!
How is the UN affair perceived? As concealing the truth.
It works as proof that it is all fixed, secret and manipulated.
Living publicity for "mercierism."
The multiple choice is restrictive.
I'm sure plenty say Yes to prove they aren't naive.
Worse than that. To be seen in a good light,
you must think that you're in the dark.
To win the election, wake up and smell the roses of our time.
And ours stink, Philippe.
Capitulating on the UN changes everything.
There is a new pathway, totally new. We must call for votes.
The only option is Mercier.
Stop, Léo! Stop!
Stop! What exactly is new here?
Dorendeu, ready to sell our independence, is that new?
Doing Germany's bidding, is that new?
The question is Mercier. What does he represent?
The most shameful political breakdown.
He also represents a fascist alliance.
You're all stuck in the past. Which fascist? Mercier?
He isn't a fascist.
Democracy isn't at risk from Mercier.
It is at risk from whiter than white people
who control the State and big companies.
Those people have names, faces and addresses.
They have a leader. She is called Amélie Dorendeu.
She must...
She must be blocked!
Block her!
So... Yes, Chalon supports Mercier.
Chalon is a moot point. In the Resistance,
weren't there French Action and Cross of Fire members?
So you shouldn't join the Resistance because of those nationalists?
I can live with it.
Michel.
Whose fault is it if Chalon beat us to it last Sunday?
You refused to support Mercier. You opened the door to Chalon.
You made a mistake. One mistake.
I have never been anything other than an activist...
...always aiming to...
...transmit my experience.
I hope that I have been a tutor, a long-term witness...
the link in a long chain.
Once again, that is my role.
The strength of fascism,
and of totalitarianism,
is stealing our words,
the words of the popular rebellion.
Many of our own fell into the trap.
That is how Communist heroes became supporters of Boulanger.
That is how socialist Blanquists turned to antisemitism.
That is why workerists of the Proudhon Circle joined French Action.
Each one, without exception,
ended in disgrace.
When you mix brown and red,
brown always comes out on top.
I won't add to it.
I know how tantalizing it is
and how people can be tempted.
It is the temptation of victory.
But sometimes, defeat is worth more than victory.
It is essential to preserve
the movement's unity to prepare for the future.
The only stance to guarantee that is not calling for votes.
Thank you, Michel.
Thank you for all that you have built and for your legacy.
Every person here can think of important moments
when you took the time to share your experience,
your analytical accuracy,
your political intelligence.
The moment that impacted me the most
was the last time we spoke, at Rickwaert's wedding.
You said: "Aurore, the revolution has begun."
-And he was right. -Léo, I didn't interrupt you.
You said: "Aurore, the revolution has begun
and its trigger event is the arrival of Mercier."
You quoted Robespierre and Lenin to the letter.
Now, I will remind you that Hegel said:
"When history has no Great Men, it invents them."
History has just invented Mercier.
She's right!
Yes, Michel!
The revolution has begun.
Yes, Michel!
Mercier is its instrument.
Yes, and again yes! The revolution must continue.
On Sunday, we have the duty to see it through to the end.
Just as in 1793, Sunday is about voting for the death of the king.
The end of oligarchy.
The end of caste privileges.
The end of the system.
You want unity?
This is the movement's unity!
Unity is Mercier.
Aurore! Aurore!
TRENDING - FRANCE #BRINGONSUNDAY
FINALLY, THE LYING STOPS!
MERCIER PROMISES A BRIGHT FUTURE.
Stop here.
Hello, this is Michel Vidal's voicemail. After the beep, it's over to you.
Michel, it's me again.
I need to see you. You can't let this happen.
If you woke him, I'll kill you.
I called, but he won't answer.
-Just five minutes. -The meds are the only ones that work.
Three hours of respite.
Once a day due to his arrhythmia. If he woke, you're dead.
There's a rumor that Michel will attend Mercier's rally.
He can't do that.
Who is it?
Nobody!
Michel, it's Philippe! Michel, we need to talk!
The People Stand Up is Michel Vidal.
One word from you and anything is possible.
You're a compass, a guiding light.
They'll listen.
How many times have you been trampled on? Ten? Twenty?
Thirty times?
Every time, you got back up and launched your missiles.
You know what I used to say at the SP?
When a nuclear war devastates the planet,
only one living species will remain on Earth:
the Michel Vidal.
My first mistake.
The one that led to all the others.
I replay it over and over.
We all make mistakes. What counts is avoiding the next one.
It is the first one that counts.
Once you choose the wrong path, it all goes downhill.
We take stock after the battle.
-Not during. -The battle...
is lost.
Mercier will win on Sunday.
One after the other,
we gave him a leg up thinking we could use him.
One after the other, he annihilated us.
You need to get a grip.
When they lynched me at the office, it was like they were in a group trance.
They enjoyed it. They took pleasure in it.
There was hatred in their eyes.
Your voters aren't like that. You need to speak to them.
If my own children won't listen to me, nobody will.
My campaigners are the best of the best.
They went through training.
I ensured that I spent time with each one individually.
Léo is the brightest, but he's headstrong.
Florian is more laborious, but his organization skills are without equal.
I only had one problem: transmit.
Think about what is after me.
Maybe it's because of mobile phones. They grew up with them, we didn't.
The brain is molded through daily activities.
We studied the great texts, and had ideological passion.
With them, it's "like" and "share."
It is the era of the short-term, a fragmented time with immediate reward.
While patience,
that old revolutionary virtue...
We are faced with a major anthropological change.
There is nothing we can do.
Mercier is perfectly adapted.
Every problem resolved with one answer.
That is the real new world:
the end of politics.
You can't let this happen.
Don't instruct. Break up the party. Mercier supporters aren't your children.
If your child turns into a monster, he is still your child.
Once they reawaken, they will listen to me once more.
Join us.
Amélie is making me Prime Minister. Take Interior,
Defense, Foreign Affairs, pick one.
She can be reasoned with. We speak the same language. He is a lunatic.
Me, with her?
What's stopping you?
She is.
Even for a gelatinous socialist
like Kalhenberg, I wouldn't hesitate. But her...
After the UN story,
if I told people to vote for her, it would only boost Mercier.
I'd be a new traitor to chastise. She prevents everything.
How are you?
Have you read this?
A heap of nonsense.
Unending corridors of historic confusion.
Constant errors, obsessive neurosis.
History is repeating: Chalon, five years ago, and now, Mercier.
I have to turn it all around in a two-hour debate.
It is different this time.
You think I'm exaggerating? Take a look at social media.
I need to work. Only work is important.
-Always work. -I saw Vidal.
-Good. What does he want? -Nothing.
The People Stand Up will join Mercier. He's letting it happen. He's powerless.
He thinks Mercier will win and wants to keep his base,
to organize a future resistance.
Go back to him.
Explain that he'll give me an advantage for the debate.
He could help us prepare it. Then, we'll integrate him--
He's right.
Mercier will win.
More precisely, you lost.
Since this UN affair, the old urge has been woken: "Death to the King!"
They want to see your head roll, Amélie.
You have lost, but he hasn't won yet.
-What do you mean? -I'm warning you, it isn't a solution.
It's a way out, but nothing more.
If you have an idea, tell me, Philippe.
Get the election canceled.
I know, but listen to this...
"Article 7.
The Constitutional Council declares
all electoral operations must be restarted
in the case of death or impeachment of one of the candidates
standing in the second round."
The key word is "impeachment." You must be impeached.
If you are impeached, the Council must intervene and we start over:
500 signatures, first round, second round.
But without you.
It won't work.
For that, I need to have been kidnapped, seriously ill,
or psychologically incapable of making decisions.
What were you thinking?
Falsify a medical report?
Organize a fake kidnapping?
Lying has become almost impossible. It's like organizing a coup d'état.
No, the truth must come out.
Which truth?
Two years ago, you assassinated three French citizens on French soil.
-Jihadists. -Fine, to prevent an attack.
But you did it illegally.
And Daesh retaliated by attacking the Police Academy.
Seven officers-in-training were killed.
Your actions violated the rule of law, breaching your duties as president.
You reinstated the death penalty.
Moral and political responsibility is needed.
If the person you gave the order to blows the whistle,
you will be impeached, unworthy and ineligible
to be a candidate for the French people.
It won't hold up.
Article 67. I am immune to criminal prosecution.
But anyway, it's more a motive for destitution, not impeachment.
It is. You cannot stand in the election.
The Council will be forced to take control.
If you say so, but it isn't in the Constitution.
-That isn't impeachment. -What is it then?
Show me the definition. There isn't one.
It is written "impeachment",
but nobody took the time to explain what it covers.
And I think it was done on purpose.
-Like a joker, just in case. -In case of what?
In case democracy is threatened.
It's crazy.
Crazy and uncertain. I can't do it.
It's an awful decision. It doesn't promise a better world,
but it could prevent tragedy.
Contrary to any other sacrifice, you get no glory.
You may even be more loathed and detested.
But it will be the most important, the greatest,
the best political decision you ever made.
You were elected to save the Republic. Your time is now.
Even if I do it, it won't work.
The judge will use the objective elements of impeachment:
kidnap, illness, madness.
I get it. I'm not in your position.
Or...
I could explain that during the terrorist threat,
I was overcome by fear and anguish.
That in such a state, I wasn't myself.
That's why I gave the order.
It's credible.
A split personality can be a result of fear.
Lambray could testify.
He disagreed, but he didn't dare object.
The fear of retaliation.
You will win, won't you? Promise me.
I swear it.
Subtitle translation by Elaine Scott www.sdimedia.com