2023-04-21 20:12:52
It is background noise that accompanied the entire visit of Elisabeth Borne to Indre, Friday April 21: a few dozen demonstrators waited for the Prime Minister at two of the three stages of her trip to express their opposition to the reform retirements.
About twenty people, kept by the police at a distance from the town hall of Buzançais, arrested her with saucepans and shouting “Bollard releases » or « Macron resignation. In Châteauroux, shortly after, a hundred demonstrators welcomed her in the same way. Heavy jostling and face-to-face pitted them against the police, noted The New Republic of Indre.
A perimeter had been defined where would be prohibited “any demonstration, crowd or protest rally”. “The hardest part is finding the right balance.explains a state service executive on site. The idea is not to block everything, otherwise it will turn into the Potemkin visit, which the Prime Minister does not want. »
Beginning of controversy
But this balancing act sparked a controversy. “The prefect of Indre prohibits all demonstrations for the arrival of Elisabeth Bornereacted the leader of the « rebellious », Jean-Luc Melenchon. Suspending constitutional freedoms is illegal outside of Section 16 [de la Constitution, portant les pouvoirs exceptionnels accordés au président de la République en cas de crise majeure]. Are we there? »
During a press briefing, in Buzançais, the Prime Minister refuted – wrongly – that it had been forbidden to demonstrate. “Besides, there are people who are demonstrating”she pointed out, indicating: “The prefect issued an order to prohibit driving on a street in Chateauroux, I do not think this is a challenge to the constitutional freedoms of our country. » “Once again, Mr. Mélenchon is in caricature”a conclu Mme Borne.
But, in his eyes, the essential was not there. Friday, like many ministers, the head of government, on the lookout for a new political impetus, was on the ground to try to reconnect with the daily concerns of the French, and particularly those of the small middle class, targeted by the pension reform and very mobilized in the sub-prefectures. “Many ministers traveldid she say. It’s important to go and meet the French people, when they want to talk, to talk to them. » Except that, unlike the President of the Republic, Elisabeth Borne did not explain herself to the demonstrators.
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