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9:15 a.m., December 22, 2023
After the departure of Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau, the resignation of Minister of Higher Education Sylvie Retailleau was refused by the Élysée and Matignon following the adoption of the immigration law. Emmanuel Macron wanted to turn the page on this bad streak by speaking on television on Wednesday evening, but did he convince his troops?
After Aurélien Rousseau, it was the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Sylvie Retailleau, who presented her resignation to Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, due to a “deep disagreement” on the measures concerning students in the law on immigration, but it was refused this Thursday. “Emmanuel Macron has lost his touch,” judged a left-wing deputy, not reassured by the President of the Republic’s speech. A nevertheless minority view according to his Renaissance colleague, Paul Midy, who dismisses the risk of paralysis.
Divisions that will pay for themselves for some
“I think that the PR was very clear and educational to put into perspective what was in this law and what we wanted to do. We will start again without difficulty, I hope, at the start of the school year , with subjects which will perhaps achieve greater consensus among the majority. We have many subjects before us, whether on the ability to achieve full employment and for example the subjects of ecological transition”, declared Paul Midy on the microphone of Europe 1.
However, several Macronists believe that the divisions will be paid for from the next electoral date. “We are going to lose to the center left and the center right during the European elections,” predicted a Horizons elected official. In his eyes, the majority gave the impression of voting for the immigration law reluctantly when it had every interest in adopting it since it is widely supported by public opinion.