Tuesday March 21, five days after the triggering of Article 49.3 of the Constitution on pension reform, Elisabeth Borne invites her government to an informal lunch. The feasts sent, she asks them to think about how to bounce back. “Send me notes”, she lets go. The presidential camp is asked to reflect. Silently. But, while Emmanuel Macron and his Prime Minister returned to the field on Thursday March 30 and Friday March 31 during two trips devoted to substantive subjects – water and national education – communication is scattered. Loudly.
Within days, Secretary of State Marlène Schiappa posed on the cover of the magazine Playboy, attracting the recriminations of its Prime Minister finding the format “not appropriate”; the President of the Republic spoke to readers about Pif in a publication totally out of step with current events; the prefect of police of Paris, Laurent Nunez, had to launch an investigation after an interview of alleged hooded police officers in the program “Touche pas à mon poste! by Cyril Hanouna on C8. To explain himself, he will go to the same show, Monday, April 3.
This media shambles completely blurs the message. Because during this time, Matignon consults. On the eve of an eleventh day of social mobilization, Thursday April 6, Mme Borne will receive the inter-union on Wednesday to talk about working conditions while the unions want to talk about pensions. “The important thing is to resume the dialoguesummarizes Stanislas Guerini, Minister of the Public Service, also invited. There are huge projects to be opened, on prevention, on wear and tear, on the sharing of value. » Throughout the week, the head of government will also receive various presidents of parties and parliamentary groups to try to get out of the paralysis caused by the use of 49.3.
Strong on his method
Nobody in the relative majority wants a dissolution. And no one believes in a government agreement with a completely divided right, delivered “in a kit and without instructions even for its leaders”, in the words of a minister. So there remains a short-term solution: a major overhaul. For the moment, the Elysée eludes and maintains a total vagueness on its intentions and even on its agenda. A possible political response to the crisis could arrive around mid-April, probably after the decision of the Constitutional Council on the pension reform scheduled for April 14, when the Prime Minister will have delivered her leads to the Head of State. “Who occupies a more central space than Elisabeth Borne to seek votes left and right? »sweeps Clément Beaune, Minister Delegate for Transport.
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