Why are meringues in French macarons whipped to stiff peaks instead of soft/medium?

For making macarons you will need to deflate the meringue in the macaronage process. French meringues typically are whipped to stiff peaks which means there needs to be a pretty arduous amount of work to get the batter to the correct consistency. Why do chefs not whip it to soft/medium peaks to reduce the macaronage work?

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