“EMMANUEL MACRON WILL NEED TO SHOW FIRMNESS”
Invited by Public Senate, Jean-François Copé, mayor of Meaux and member of the Republicans, defended the project to reform the pension system, assuring that “if we do it, it is not for pleasure.” He also felt that it was “important” that the president receives the unions. “Not to give in, that’s not the point. But to hear them and maybe try to convince them,” he said.
“If there were to be massive blockages on the roads, roundabouts, highways or fuel depots and the country’s strategic issues were at stake, Emmanuel Macron would have to show firmness,” he said. he nevertheless judged.
Jean-François Copé also described as “obstruction” the strategy adopted by the left in the examination of the text in the Senate. “When a parliamentary group files 1,000 or 2,000 amendments and you leaf through them, you understand that 80% of them are stupid. They are only made to delay and make it last,” he explained on Public Senate.