2023-04-17 05:38:30
Emmanuel Macron will speak. ” Finally ! “, breathe his supporters. ” Again ! “sigh his opponents. Monday, April 17, at 8 p.m., the Head of State must speak in a solemn address to the French, without opponents. A sign that times are serious, or at least troubled. After three months marked by a massive mobilization, punctuated by clashes, against the pension reform, the President of the Republic wants to regain control and reconnect with the French who re-elected him just a year ago, but already seem , getting tired of him.
“He will give his analysis of the situation”, indicates the Elysée, show that he has heard the misunderstandings and the anger aroused by this project rejected by a majority of French people and draw the continuation of his action. Emmanuel Macron should address the issue of health and education and more generally of public services which, in the eyes of many French people, are falling apart, betraying the Republican promise. “ Pension reform causes anxiety but the issue of public services causes concern”we summarize at the Palace.
Failing to return to the thorny subject of the retirement age of 62 to 64, Emmanuel Macron wants to talk about the meaning of work and the sharing of wealth. Two themes that he says have been at the heart of street anger in recent weeks, even more so than the 64-year-olds. But no big tax night. The president who removed during his first five-year term the solidarity tax on wealth (ISF), swapped for a tax on real estate wealth, does not intend to break with the dogma prohibiting him from raising taxes. “After a painful reform, there are always people who want to wipe the slate clean of what has been done. But to tax wealth, you have to create it,” points out the Elysée, assuring that this “pro-business” policy has borne fruit by improving the attractiveness of the country and by making it possible to increase tax revenue generated by corporate tax.
“We need a spirit of harmony”
A line still far from the “moulting” of macronism demanded by part of the left wing observing a phase shift between power and public opinion. “Our discourse no longer fits with what the population feels. Our idea in 2017 was to say: “work emancipates” and “the future brings hope”. Today, work is a constraint and the future is scary”observes Sacha Houlié, deputy (Renaissance) of Vienne who pleads to convey a message that reassures and accompanies. “The president must be calm. Let him set course again. There are topics on which we can meet. We need a spirit of harmony”adds Jean-Paul Mattei, leader of the group of MoDem deputies, allied to the Head of State, in the Assembly.
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