Arthur deLaborde
This return to January begins the start of a major project for Emmanuel Macron’s second five-year term: inflation, energy crisis and above all pension reform. The Prime Minister will present the reform on January 10. In the meantime, opposition deputies and the executive are preparing for a fierce fight.
It’s a high-risk start to the year for Emmanuel Macron and the government: between inflation, the energy crisis, epidemics and above all pension reform, the start of the January school year promises to be hot for the government. Elisabeth Borne receives the social partners this Tuesday.
“On this last text, we have no room for error”
The most sensitive file is the pension reform. “It must set the pace for the second five-year term”, sums up an adviser to Europe 1. Union and political opponents are already ready for a fierce fight. While the tightening of the unemployment insurance reform, announced on the eve of Christmas, did not fail to stir up anger, the timetable will accelerate and the Prime Minister will present the reform on January 10 next.
An announcement which, on the same day, January 10, could spice up the vote on the bill on renewable energies. Several deputies of the majority imagine that this text could be the first postponed from the second five-year term. The other dangerous passage for the presidential camp is the nuclear bill, the health plan or the immigration bill which will be presented on February 1. “On this last text, we have no room for error”, explains a heavyweight from Macronie. Under penalty of opening a boulevard to the National Rally.