Jacques Serais, edited by Loane Nader
Emmanuel Macron receives his Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne this Monday as well as the majority, in order to ensure a government presence in the face of the particularly thorny issues of recent times. In question, the pension reform, but also the tense demonstrations against the project of mega-basins in Sainte-Soline.
Elisabeth Borne is received this Monday by the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron in a particularly tense context for the government. Since the use of 49.3, the demonstrations against the pension reform have been characterized by numerous violence. Added to this, those against the project of construction of the mega-basins of Sainte-Soline, which saw many injuries as much on the side of the militants as of the police.
On the eve of a new day of mobilizations against the pension reform, the executive wants to show that immobility is not an option. It is therefore a way for Emmanuel Macron to stage himself, to show that he still has his hand and to do this, the court of the Elysée is open to the press, when it was absolutely not the case during meetings of the same type last week.
Calm disputes
From now on, the head of state knows that he crystallizes anger, and especially that Elisabeth Borne is no longer able to protect him. He thus returns to the front line, from the start of the week, failing to welcome Charles III. The objective of these exchanges is therefore obviously for the Prime Minister to find a way out of the political crisis. The latter’s mission is to transmit the roadmap of the consultations it intends to carry out. All the parliamentary groups will then be received during the course of next week, as well as the representatives of the political parties, including the opposition.
The Prime Minister has already explained that she no longer wishes to use 49.3 outside of financial texts. It is in particular Les Républicains and Eric Ciotti who are targeted, according to the details of a close friend of the president. One thing is certain, the stakes are high because Elisabeth Borne plays her role there.
Indeed, Elisabeth Borne seeks at all costs to widen the presidential majority, on the orders of Emmanuel Macron, to try to appease the dispute and to try to outline the beginning of a solution. As for the latter, he consults and probes each other on the new method he wishes to put in place. The latter intends to submit fewer laws to parliamentary vote and to propose more decrees approved directly at the castle.