Emmanuel Macron wants to turn the page without changing course

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2023-04-16 20:17:30

Emmanuel Macron, April 11 in The Hague (Netherlands). LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP

ANALYSIS – This Monday, the president must address the French on television to try to relaunch his mandate and get out of the social and political crisis caused by the pension reform.

White helmet on his head, Emmanuel Macron advances along the scaffolding. In the reconstruction site of Notre-Dame de Paris, which he inspects this Friday, April 14, he warns: “Staying the course is my motto.” It is about the colossal restoration of the cathedral as well as its five-year term, tested by three months of protest against its pension reform, it seems to say.

To try to “have a head” and to relaunch his mandate, the head of state must speak this Monday during a speech expected at 8 p.m., after having brought together several ministers and executives of the majority at the Élysée. “He will say where he wants to take us and with what reform agenda for the government”, warns his entourage. Emmanuel Macron then plans a series of trips to France. It must be said that the operations have quickly accelerated in recent days to allow him to hope to project himself into the “after”.

He escaped a disavowal from the Constitutional Council on Friday, seeing the…

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