In the Council of Ministers, Emmanuel Macron estimated on Wednesday that the oppositions on the right and on the left had “no longer a compass and are totally lost” in the debate on pensions. The president spoke only on rare occasions in public on this reform, which is currently being examined in Parliament.
President Emmanuel Macron estimated on Wednesday during the Council of Ministers that the oppositions of both right and left “no longer have a compass and are totally lost” in the debate on pensions, two participants told AFP. “They (the opponents) are totally lost and consider as usual that the French are only the decor of their action because they are not at the heart of their concerns”, added the head of state, according to these two sources. , which confirmed comments initially reported by Le Figaro.
Rare speeches on the subject
Emmanuel Macron has spoken only on rare occasions in public on this reform, which is currently being examined in Parliament. In a hint to the right, he remarked that “those who defended dry 65s less than a year ago now oppose 64s with trimmings.” The president also criticized those, on the left, “who defended and voted for the Touraine reform” under the presidency of socialist François Hollande and “now denounce it”.
In addition “the left has been asking us for weeks to do more on senior unemployment but applauds standing with the RN when it manages to remove a measure thought for this purpose”, he added. Emmanuel Macron was referring to the rejection, Tuesday evening, by the deputies, in the pension reform, of an article establishing a “senior index” to measure the employment of older employees in companies, a setback for the executive. Emmanuel Macron “is very mobilized, perfectly aware – if you had any doubts – of everything that is happening” despite his posture in withdrawal, according to a minister.