2023-04-22 05:00:12
Xavier Bertrand, president (Les Républicains, LR) of the Hauts-de-France region, talks about the adoption of the pension reform and the role that LR deputies must play in the National Assembly. He also suggests to Emmanuel Macron a new method not to condemn the country “to do on the spot”.
How do you view the way Emmanuel Macron went about getting his pension reform adopted?
The current situation is no coincidence. The pension reform marks the failure of his method of advancing text by text, even though he does not have an absolute majority in the National Assembly. However, without an absolute majority, the institutions of the Ve Republic cannot operate. In the aftermath of the legislative elections, the President of the Republic refused to look this truth in the face. Admittedly, he was largely elected against Marine Le Pen in the presidential election, but the truth is that he was elected to act as a bulwark, once again, for the National Front. [aujourd’hui Rassemblement national]not to apply his entire project.
Do you agree that Emmanuel Macron should have discussed more with the secretary general of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, rather than with the president of LR, Eric Ciotti?
Yes, it was a major mistake on his part to forget social dialogue. True social dialogue means respecting those with whom you are talking and agreeing to take ideas from others within the framework of a negotiation, and not just a consultation. Emmanuel Macron’s other mistake is to have learned absolutely nothing from the “yellow vests” crisis, which highlighted the precariousness of working France, and from that linked to Covid-19, which transformed the relationship to work. The government was wrong to tell people: “We have a lot to discuss about work, but before that, you will work two more years. »
Doesn’t LR have some responsibility for the current situation?
What next ! Let’s stop blaming this failure on anyone other than the president and the government of Elisabeth Borne. In Parliament, the search for a majority failed because it lacked social justice in this text, especially for those who started working early and women.
Why are you opposed to a coalition agreement with the majority?
We are in opposition. The Republicans are not soluble in Macronie, because that would mean that we would agree to go against our convictions and our values. Our project is simple, it revolves around more justice, more authority and more decentralization. And above all to have a more social line, by acting more for the popular circles. It is not the same as the government’s plan.
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