For François Ruffin, the response to the unrest “is in the hands of the President of the Republic”
“I am not in favor of violence, I am for the strength of numbers”, said on RMC François RuffinLa France insoumise (LFI) deputy for the Somme, questioned about the troubles that occurred on Thursday. “I call for all this to end with a political response, which is in the hands of the President of the Republic”, he added.
” Two days ago [mercredi, lors de son entretien avec TF1 et France 2], did he provide any response? The answer is simple: it is to remove this text. on pensions, continued Mr. Ruffin.
According to the “rebellious” deputy, if the reform is not withdrawn, “It’s not for budgetary reasons: the savings that will be made with that is 0.1 point of GDP, it’s derisory. It is simply for authoritarian reasons”.
According to him, “Mr. Macron is alone against everyone, even against the deputies of his majority who wanted to go to the vote in the National Assembly. We have a loneliness of power up there and what is at stake today is pride. We have to get out of this impasse.”
“I ask for two minutes of chiraquismo”concluded Mr. Ruffin, with reference to the withdrawal by Jacques Chirac of the reform of the first employment contract (CPE) in 2006. Adopted under article 49.3, it had been very quickly buried because of the persistent dispute.