D-1 before the speech of the President of the Republic, three days after the lightning promulgation of the law on pension reform. Faced with this, a question arises: what do the French expect from the speech of the Head of State? For the occasion, Europe 1 went to take the temperature 24 hours from the president’s speech.
“His speech doesn’t matter”
Questioned this Sunday, the French seem divided as to the speech of Emmanuel Macron. “I think it’s very good that he is addressing citizens because they are indeed waiting for answers,” says a young woman first. “Afterwards, what should he answer? I don’t really know and even he may not really know what he should do”, wonders a man at the microphone of Europe 1.
What will the President of the Republic say? This is precisely the question that the French are asking themselves, who are no longer expecting much now that the reform has been validated by the Constitutional Council and above all has been promulgated. “His speech does not matter too much. There is no point in reassuring people since the law has been passed,” laments a young man. Unlike him, this Frenchwoman would like to be reassured. “I would like him to reassure me. But then, what could he tell me to reassure me? I don’t know because I’m going to work until I’m 64, that’s for sure. But could I have a decent standard of living in relation to my professional situation?” she wonders.
Getting out of a political and democratic crisis
While the president’s image has been severely tarnished in recent months with the social context, Emmanuel Macron expects a big streak on Monday to bounce back and above all get out of a political and democratic crisis. Concretely, what should the head of state expect this week? Monday, at 3 p.m., the president meets his closest ministers at the Elysee. The objective is clear: to find ways out, announcements, reforms, even a reorganization to get out of the crisis. Indeed, the idea of an alliance with the right resonates more and more in Macronie.
“40 deputies The Republicans did not vote for censure, it is to them that we must turn now,” slips a first-rank minister. But Emmanuel Macron still seems reluctant to appoint an LR to Matignon. Next, the president must emerge from his current, historically low unpopularity. For this, the Head of State could organize several field trips to the provinces. His idea: to find the French with central subjects such as health, education or ecology. Everything except pensions.