A symptom of the French penchant to riot or part of a broader collapse of the Fifth Republic? The European Conservative speaks to a participant of recent anti-Macron pension demonstrations to examine the movement’s causes, character, and future.
Even if the government has not been overthrown and the pension law is automatically adopted, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne now suffers from a severe lack of legitimacy.
The government’s announcement to use article 49.3 of the Constitution has put the country in a state of fever. Now, the government runs the risk of being overthrown.
While the signing of 11 bilateral agreements is a feather in French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne’s cap, the issue of securing more gas from Africa’s top exporter remains largely untouched.
The legislative and executive powers are now engaged in a form of institutional one-upmanship. Emmanuel Macron, threatened by a motion of censure, answered with another threat: the dissolution of the National Assembly.
In the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, French authorities communicated extensively about the ineffectiveness of the mask. The government went so far as to suppress its distribution, sale, and use in the public arena.
This announcement is part of a wider offensive by the French government in favour of LGBT rights. For Elisabeth Borne, the defence of LGBT rights is now a priority ideological battle: “the battle of attitudes has not yet been won,” she explained.
The aspersions are not likely to end the matter, as six anti-homophobia associations have announced that they have filed a complaint against Caroline Cayeux, who—for the moment—remains in office.
