The Paris Olympics opened with two matches of football and rugby sevens, featuring two French teams full of hope for Olympic medals! The grand opening ceremony might be held under rain, but the French people are looking for a bit of sunshine after the "electoral storms" they have just experienced. Do they expect more from the medals promised by their delegation or a new government? Macron, who lost everything with these legislative elections, at least wants to maintain his status as the "master of the clocks" by asserting that he will not appoint a Prime Minister before the end of the Paris Olympics. The fenced-off French capital, with its deserted streets, holds its breath: restaurants and cafes await their customers, and the French political class waits for stability to fill the void in a country where only the institutions inherited from the Constitution of the Fifth Republic save appearances.

Will France fall into a deceptive tranquility or already catch up in strike movements that threaten the smooth running of the Paris Games? The social return promises to be hot in a country where volcanic eruptions of protest are as unpredictable as they are violent. The Olympic interlude cannot make people forget the severe political crisis the country is going through. The summer period will calm spirits, but the political deadlock is total: the Left and the far Left claim to govern but without a majority. The Right refuses any alliance. The national right, under the banner of the National Rally, the largest party in the National Assembly, is ostracized and deprived of any important position in the new Assembly. A new government after the Olympics? With what program and what direction?

Gold medal of absurdity, Emmanuel Macron lets believe that he is the chief organizer of a fiasco that exceeds him! The famous phrase, signed by Jean Cocteau, can be parodied: "Since this fiasco surpasses me, let's pretend to be its organizer, the bringer of solutions!" No one is fooled!

France offers a pitiful political spectacle. Can the Paris Olympics bring a bit of shine back to a nation that is eclipsing itself from all sides? And for how long?