Will Emmanuel Macron find the necessary breath to carry out his reforms? This is the question that several foreign newspapers are asking themselves this Wednesday, September 14. In particular those whose correspondents attended the informal meeting with the French head of state, the famous “off” of Monday, September 12. They are interested in the political agenda of the President of the Republic.
At the top of this list: pensions. For the Daily Telegraph, in the UK, Macron has “promised to continue the pension reform, which almost derailed his first term, in an attempt to convince the French that he is not a potiche”. Objective 2023 therefore, because, according to many observers, reports the conservative daily, pensions are the “the best way to prove that he has not lost his reformist streak and has not become a static head of state like Jacques Chirac”.
But whatever the measure proposed – the postponement of the retirement age or the extension of the contribution period – the social battle