The announcement, by Emmanuel Macron, on Friday June 3, of the creation of the National Council for Refoundation, bringing together political, economic, social, associative forces and citizens drawn by lot is, on the whole, well received by the actors of Civil society. But without overflowing enthusiasm. The great debates, the Grenelle and Ségur of the previous five-year term have left a taste of unfinished business and have somewhat exhausted goodwill.
Friday, in his interview with the regional daily press, the Head of State estimated that the French were “tired of the reforms that come from above” and undertook to bring around the table, after the legislative elections, many actors to reflect on the ” five “ objectives of the new five-year period: “independence (industrial, military, food, etc.), full employment, carbon neutrality, public services for equal opportunities and democratic rebirth with institutional reform”.
Anti-poverty associations say they are up for it. “After having, during the first five-year term, stepped over the intermediate bodies, the President of the Republic had to change his method and that is what he seems to be doing”believes Christophe Robert, general delegate of the Abbé Pierre Foundation and spokesperson for 98 associations, unions and mutuals grouped in the Pact of the power to live. “The day after his re-election, we wrote to the Head of State to this effect and we take this announcement as his response, he continues. But it is necessary, from the first days, to agree on the objectives, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the fight against poverty and against fuel poverty and the production of social housing, which has been very badly treated for five years… Once we have agreed on an action plan, we must evaluate and adjust them over the long term. »
“A good approach”
For Pascal Brice, president of the Federation of Solidarity Actors (700 associations), “It was time to change the method and it is a good approach”but it also warns: “It must be anchored in the territories, as the Head of State suggests, and trust the actors, starting with the social workers, the volunteers and the beneficiaries of these actions, by giving them the “power to to act”. »
The reaction of the elected representatives of the suburbs, through the voice of Thierry Falconnet, socialist mayor of Chenôve (Côte-d’Or) and president of the association of town and suburban mayors, is circumspect: “Is this an announcement effect a few days before the first round of the legislative elections?, he wonders. What will be the role of this Council, its scope of reflection and action, its operation and its real objectives? If we are good at producing solutions, then our association of elected officials will be part of a co-construction approach with the government. »
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