Ten days after the triggering of article 49.3 to have the pension reform adopted, anger continues to rumble in the French streets. The ninth day of mobilization brought together Thursday 1.089 million people, according to the Ministry of the Interior, 3.5 million according to the CGT everywhere in France. Paving stones, bottles and fireworks… The demonstration was marred by violence. According to the president of the Reconquest party, Éric Zemmour, guest of the Grand Rendez-vous d’Europe 1 / CNews / Les Échos this Sunday, Emmanuel Macron “has no other solution than to hold on”.
“If he holds new elections, if he decides to dissolve the National Assembly, he will come back with an even smaller majority. If he holds a referendum, as he is so unpopular, people will answer no. If he renounces his reform, he is ridiculous. He can go and finish his mandate quietly, what do I know, in Rambouillet! exclaimed the author of I didn’t say my last word published by Rubempre.
Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that he did not intend to dissolve the National Assembly, reshuffle the government, or call a referendum on his pension reform to extinguish the dispute.
“The state must not yield when it is attacked”
Éric Zemmour denied being “solidarity” with the head of state and recalled being “in opposition”. “I am simply saying that, as President of the Republic, I will not give in on this issue,” he said.
“The State must not give in when it is attacked. The State must remain the champion of force and legitimate violence. Such violence is unacceptable. I am for order, against disorder and I am for the respect of the law against the factious”, he concluded on the subject.