As Emmanuel Macron prepares to speak, we learn that Elisabeth Borne’s performance on TF1 on March 16 was not to the President’s liking.
It just happened. Elisabeth Borne faced this Monday, March 20, two motions of censure tabled after the announcement of her decision to use article 49.3 of the Constitution to have the pension reform adopted, which involves major changes for women. Elisabeth Borne escaped by 9 votes the adoption of a motion of censure and the executive couple is now seeking to regain control of a complex political and media sequence. And this while the demonstrations against the pension reform do not weaken and that images of violence during these demonstrations multiply. Faced with a tense social climate, Emmanuel Macron, marked by power, will speak in a television interview broadcast on TF1 and France 2 this Wednesday, March 22.
Elisabeth Borne, whose future at Matignon may seem uncertain, had already spoken on Thursday March 16 on TF1. An interview which took place a few hours after the announcement of its decision to use article 49.3. His performance against Gilles Bouleau obviously did not not to Emmanuel Macron’s taste. According to information from Politico, “Emmanuel Macron would not have appreciated the performance of Elisabeth Borne on TF1 – considered too cold -.” The political newsletter, which quotes a Macronist strategist, abounds: “It heated internally, on the theme, ‘with Vautrin, it wouldn’t have been worse!‘”
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Emmanuel Macron will speak
Emmanuel Macron is therefore preparing to break the silence. He will give an interview to TF1 and France 2 this Wednesday, March 22, from the Elysée. The President should mention the pension reform and the choice to use article 49.3. He will probably also discuss the future of Elisabeth Borne at Matignon and should raise several political questions raised by the opposition: will the Prime Minister be kept in her post? Will the President ask him to form a new government? Does he intend to dissolve the National Assembly and thus provoke new elections? A speech expected and which will, for sure, react.