Emmanuel Macron is closely monitoring the landing of the first major possible reform of his second term, that of pensions. And, with each intervention, he tries to clean up a little more a track cluttered by the reluctance of his own majority. In the sky, on his return from the United Nations General Assembly in New York, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the President of the Republic insisted on the ” need “ of his project. “And the truth is that we have to work more and produce more wealth in our country if we want to protect (…) and defend the French social model”, he said in an interview with BFM-TV. Without advancing on the method which is debating, the Head of State has put this burning file on the shoulders of his Prime Minister and his government, responsible for determining “how it should go” to ask “as peacefully as possible”.
Friday noon, Mr. Macron must have lunch with Elisabeth Borne to discuss, among other things, this subject. If no information filters through on the moment of the arbitration, they could decide quickly, to put an end to the tug of war in their camp. While it wishes to see the reform implemented in the summer of 2023, the executive can integrate it by an amendment to the Social Security financing bill presented Monday, September 26 in the Council of Ministers, or make it a separate text examined at the start of 2023.
The first hypothesis, mentioned by Mr. Macron on Monday, September 12, continues to cause turbulence in high circles. After the refusal of François Bayrou, followed by the deputies of the MoDem, to endorse this “forced passage”the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, repeated, Thursday, September 22, that she was not there “not favorable”, asking the government to “take the time to consult”. In off, ministers, for the most part kept away from the discussions, are not in favor of this eagerness either, fearing that it will alter the social climate.
“We must hear each other’s arguments”
The Elysée, which claims to have never favored any track, now refers to Matignon. Thursday, September 22, during her visit to the parliamentary days of the MoDem in Guidel (Morbihan), the Prime Minister did not mention this file but left all the doors open: “We need to hear each other’s arguments. (…) And, if necessary, modify, amend. »
Even if Matignon is asked to step up to the front line and bear the responsibility, the desire to accelerate the calendar does indeed come from the Elysée. For several weeks, relatives of Emmanuel Macron have indicated that he was going to regain control, in particular thanks to the pension reform. Objective: to desilt this beginning of the five-year term where the President of the Republic finds himself hampered by his relative majority.
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