Macron Floats Possible Referenda, Party Leaders Remain Divided
French parties proposed referenda on immigration, compulsory military service, pension reforms, and euthanasia in response to President Macron’s call for a “cycle of discussions.”
French parties proposed referenda on immigration, compulsory military service, pension reforms, and euthanasia in response to President Macron’s call for a “cycle of discussions.”
The French president chose a conciliatory tone in his communication during a difficult time, but that tone had all the appearances of inertia.
The confrontations are increasingly about the political methods of Emmanuel Macron and Élisabeth Borne’s government.
The LIOT group announced its intention to propose a new bill to repeal the pension reform. They will focus specifically on the repeal of Article 7—the one that pushes back the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years.
Emmanuel Macron is not the only one to be greeted with the sound of pans when he travels. All his ministers, one after the other, have also had that painful experience.
“Marine Le Pen will come to power if we are unable to respond to the challenges of the country and if we introduce a habit of lying or denying reality,” President Emmanuel Macron said.
The opposition parties were unanimous in denouncing the presidential address, judged “completely out of touch with reality.”
While validating the law as a whole, the Constitutional Council acknowledged that its adoption had been hampered by an “unusual” use of procedures aimed at restricting debate.
The opinion of the Constitutional Council is eagerly awaited by opponents of the reform who have placed all their last hopes in this institution.
The strikers claimed their intention to “turn the streets of Paris into a public dump until the pension reform is withdrawn.”
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