2023-04-16 20:31:14
Yves Thréard. Le Figaro.
The editorial of Figaroby Yves Thréard.
For three months, the long debate on pension reform has taken on the appearance of a game. On the one hand, Emmanuel Macron, determined to pass this text, the only concrete promise of his electoral campaign. On the other, the unions, united as rarely and supported by most political oppositions, ready to do anything to prevent the adoption of this measure. From demonstrations to twists and turns in Parliament, the spectacle was intense. Sometimes even pitiful, even violent by word or gesture. Now is the time to take stock. Who won? The executive won. A Pyrrhic victory? The President of the Republic will speak on Monday evening in the hope of lowering the tension.
If it is likely that the Head of State will respect his motto of “not giving up”, his speech should not be the wrong interlocutor. Laurent Berger, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and others can appeal to the people, they are not the people. Certainly, according to all the polls, a…
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