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6:43 a.m., May 10, 2023
For several weeks, the Head of State and his ministers have almost systematically crossed paths with opponents of pension reform during their travels. Faced with this challenge and these pans that do not weaken, Macronie is doing everything to put other subjects on the table.
The executive wants to move on. And definitely turn the page on pension reform as the protest struggles to come down. Almost every trip by the Head of State or his ministers is accompanied by a chorus of horns and members of the government regularly cross paths with opponents who are determined to express their dissatisfaction.
To deal with this, Macronie is implementing a new strategy. Emmanuel Macron himself is on the front line and will travel to Dunkirk on Friday to announce an investment of around 4 billion euros from a Taiwanese group for the installation of a factory to manufacture electric batteries for cars. With the key several thousand jobs.
“We spent six months on retreats…”
For the government, it is now a question of occupying the space with announcements which print in the opinion. One day it is the implementation of measures on the regulation of the digital space, the next day it is a plan to fight against tax evasion that is unveiled. “We spent six months on pensions. We are not going to spend five years on it”, assumes a historic walker.
And too bad if the political equation posed by the relative majority in the Assembly is still not resolved. “Yes on some subjects it’s a bit like putting the cart before the horse”, recognizes a deputy. But “throwing lots of new ideas into the debate has an advantage”, concludes this same parliamentarian: “It allows you to see who, on the left or on the right, is interested”.