French gov plans to scrap the elite ENA college Minutes before receiving the news that Notre-Dame cathedral was consumed by flames French President Emmanuel Macron had recorded a solemn message to the nation. But the highly-anticipated speech on Monday, in which he had planned to set out his recipe for ending five months of often violent "yellow vest" protests, never made it onto TV screens. One of the measures set to be announced was the closure of the elite ENA college in Strasbourg for senior public servants of which he, like several former presidents, is a graduate. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES