DIRECT. Interview with Macron: “The friend of the rich has returned from Versailles”, tackle Jean-Luc Mélenchon

2023-05-15 21:46:02

21:26

“A denial of reality on macronism”, judge Marine Le Pen

“Over the interviews, it seems that Emmanuel Macron is denying the reality of Macronism,” said Marine Le Pen. “The impoverishment of the middle classes, the savagery of society, contempt for democracy… A severe but fair self-portrait! “, she adds on Twitter.

21:11

For Olivier Faure, Emmanuel Macron “despises 9 active people out of 10”

The first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, believes on Twitter that “more than unpopular Macron is in the minority. He despises 9 out of 10 workers, all the unions and the National Assembly”.

21:03

“The friend of the rich has returned from Versailles”, tackle Mélenchon

The former LFI candidate for the presidential election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is ironic on Twitter after Emmanuel Macron’s speech: “Macron the friend of the rich has returned from Versailles. But where is the President of the Republic? In France, we miss it. »

20:46

This is the end of this interview

The President of the Republic will have answered Gilles Bouleau’s questions for just under 30 minutes.

20:42

The President supports the Prime Minister

“Elisabeth Borne is acting with strength, determination and courage”, insisted the President of the Republic at the conclusion of this interview, while the Prime Minister will celebrate her first anniversary at the head of the government tomorrow.

20:40

“Real contempt is lying to people”

Emmanuel Macron “rejects” the adjective “contemptuous”: “true contempt is lying to people”, he believes, adding that “if I really despised the French, I would not try to do this which is good for our country, I will only think of my apple”.

20:37

Macron “assumes” the pension reform

“I assume this reform”: Macron reaffirms that the pension reform was “necessary to guarantee the balance of our accounts and the future of our children”.

20:35

“Discussions” on purchasing power

The president hopes that the inflation on food products will be “absorbed (…) by the fall” and affirms that the government will “reopen discussions with large retailers” on purchasing power: ” we are going to put everyone around the table”, says Emmanuel Macron. “We don’t want exceptional margins to be made during this period”, he assures us, adding that “some large agri-food groups have quickly passed on the increase, but have less quickly passed on the drop” of inflation.

20:30

Two billion tax cuts

Emmanuel Macron wants to “concentrate” two billion euros in tax cuts for the middle classes and the “French men and women who work hard”, by 2027. “The first thing for purchasing power is is to create jobs”, also insists the President of the Republic. “I asked the government to make proposals to me for these two billion so that they focus on these middle classes,” he said.

20:28

A text on the sharing of value

Macron encourages the promotion of social dialogue in companies, “so that we live well from our work”. The president indicates that the government will submit a text to Parliament on “value sharing”, which will allow “to go further” on profit-sharing and participation.

20:24

“We are reindustrialising and attracting”

“We reindustrialise and we attract”, assures Emmanuel Macron, insisting on the fact that the recent strikes have affected public and not private companies. The president also highlighted the 13 billion in investments announced at the “Choose France” summit, a “record” number, according to him.

20:23

Macron claims to have ‘opened the door to training Ukrainian fighter pilots’

“We have opened the door to train Ukrainian pilots in France, with other European countries, with the Americans,” declared the President of the Republic, without specifying the timing and methods of this training. Asked about the delivery of French fighter planes, he insisted that “France [n’allait] not deliver planes”.

The president who also assured that “training can start now”. But he refuses to provide aircraft, justifying “that we are not waging war on Russia, we are not going to deliver weapons that will allow us to reach Russian soil”. Before repeating that he did not want to “weaken France’s ability to defend itself”.

20:01

The news begins, Emmanuel Macron’s interview in “a few minutes”

Emmanuel Macron’s interview will close the TF1 20 Hours newscast.

19:48

Before the interview, Macron praises “Choose France”

Emmanuel Macron published a series of tweets in which he welcomed the investments of several companies with the “Choose France” operation. He thus welcomes the investment of Holosolis which will build a factory in Hambach, Newclo which will “launch its new nuclear technology in France”, Ikea which “accelerates its ecological and energy transition” or even GSK which will invest “nearly 400 million euros”.

19:41

Sophie Binet at Matignon “to negotiate”

At the head of the CGT, Sophie Binet will close the ball of consultations with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. “I go there to make demands. To negotiate, not to discuss, ”she warns, in an interview with Parisian. “Our conditions are to build a clear tripartite negotiation framework”, continues the boss of the CGT.

19:16

Emmanuel Macron ubiquitous in the media in recent days

Emmanuel Macron does not speak uncommonly. Since last Wednesday, Emmanuel Macron has granted an interview to Challenges then to La Voix du Nord, published a column in the Financial Times and granted a lengthy interview to L’Opinion. “The Head of State compensates (son) impotence by overcommunication to cover the noise of the pans ”, tackled the boss of the senators LR Bruno Retailleau, in our columns, this Sunday.

19:08

What did Emmanuel Macron say?

“The president wants to put the good news of his economic policy into perspective,” says the Elysée. According to our information, Emmanuel Macron will discuss the reindustrialization of the country or the war in Ukraine. He should also be questioned about the pension reform. Here is what he will say.

19:00

A recorded interview

Emmanuel Macron’s interview was recorded earlier today with Gilles Bouleau, in the green lounge of the Élysée. It should last about twenty minutes, according to our information.

19:00

welcome everyone

Welcome to this live dedicated to the upcoming interview of President Emmanuel Macron on TF1.