Arthur Delaborde, edited by Loane Nader
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8:48 a.m., February 20, 2023
According to an Ifop poll for the “JDD”, Emmanuel Macron’s popularity rating is at 34%, that is to say the lowest since 2020. The pension reform will not have been without consequences for the president , who is now looking to the future and preparing the political calendar for the rest of his mandate.
Since the announcement of the contours of the pension reform, Emmanuel Macron has been in difficulty in the face of public opinion. An Ifop poll bears witness to this: the president’s popularity rating fell to 34%, the lowest score for three years. This is why the president’s number one objective is now to show that this bill is not “the alpha and omega of the five-year term”, as one of his relatives explains. An adviser admits the need to “move on and lower the pressure”, and further pleads for a consensual period in order to unite the French after months of divisions and tensions.
New wave of discontent to come?
However, the majority risks a new wave of popular discontent with the upcoming arrival of the immigration bill in the Senate on March 27. Just like the very sensitive subject of the end of life, which is not really likely to appease people’s minds. But a macronist strategist insists on the urgency of responding to the feeling of dispossession that weighs on the French.
Thus, the latter promises a deep dynamic to restore meaning to popular sovereignty, and this, through the reform of institutions whose timetable would have been accelerated to relaunch once the page of pensions has been turned. Those close to Emmanuel Macron assure that their leader does not neglect other pressing issues and intends to invest in the management of other issues, such as the energy transition, the rehabilitation of public services or even an upcoming law. on full employment.