Several left-wing personalities have urged President Emmanuel Macron to “appease” the country’s anger and withdraw the pension reform during his scheduled interview at 1 p.m. on TF1 and France 2 on Wednesday. The patron of the socialist senators, Patrick Kanner, criticized the choice of timing, as employees will be at work and not able to listen to the president. The president of the ecologist deputies, Cyrielle Chatelain, asked Macron to recognize his failure and withdraw the reform if he wants to act as a statesman. The Socialist deputies leader, Boris Vallaud, called Macron a “solitary man” and accused him of using the worst institutional practices. The former Socialist President François Hollande advised Macron to focus on appeasement, and as a reminder, Macron will answer journalists’ questions live on Wednesday.
Interview with Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday: the left calls on him to “appease” the country’s anger and withdraw the reform
« 49.3 verbal », “denial”, “stubbornness”several left-wing personalities urged the President of the Republic of“appease” the country’s anger on Wednesday, during his scheduled interview at “1 p.m.” on TF1 and France 2, after the very difficult adoption of his pension reform in Parliament.
For the patron of the socialist senators Patrick Kanner, “the choice of “1 p.m.” is quite significant, [puisque] the employees will be at work and will not listen to the president”. “We have a new gentleman ‘niet’, no dissolution, no reshuffling, no referendum”he criticized during a press conference of left-wing parliamentarians at the National Assembly.
“Tomorrow, Macron must recognize his failure and withdraw this reform (…) if he wants to act as a statesman”asked the president of the ecologist deputies Cyrielle Chatelain. “He is a solitary man, alone with himself, a madman entrenched in the Elysée Palace, capable of the worst institutional practices”added the leader of the Socialist deputies, Boris Vallaud, with reference to the use of 49.3 or the inclusion of the reform in the amending budget for social security.
“If he does a kind of verbal 49.3 again, that is to say if he comes back on TV to say the same thing – ‘I don’t care about your opinion, I impose’ -, the demonstration of Thursday will be even stronger”said the “rebellious” MP Alexis Corbière on CNews. M. Macron “must not continue (…) in denial, stubbornness”added the leader of the party, Manuel Bompard, on France info. “There is no reason that what did not convince the French two months or one month ago should convince them today”he added.
Olivier Faure, national secretary of the Socialist Party, as well as 2,500 elected socialists are also asking for the withdrawal of the pension reform, in a column published by The Sunday newspaperTuesday evening.
For his part, the former socialist president François Hollande judged that “the major problem is with the country, not just with the National Assembly”on LCI. “Appeasement is the key word in the days to come”he advised the current president, lamenting the “ series of errors” of method, committed according to him by the government on the pension reform.
As a reminder, Emmanuel Macron will answer Wednesday from 1 p.m. to questions from journalists Julian Bugier and Marie-Sophie Lacarrau live on TF1 and France 2, the Elysee and the channels announced on Tuesday morning.
The calls for Emmanuel Macron to “appease” the country’s anger and withdraw the pension reform continue to grow louder from left-wing personalities. Despite the difficult adoption of the reform in Parliament, Macron is set to answer questions from journalists on TF1 and France 2 on Wednesday at 1 p.m. The socialist senators, ecologist deputies, and rebellious MPs have all urged the president to recognize his failure and act as a statesman by withdrawing the reform. As the country remains divided on this issue, the key word moving forward, as advised by former socialist president François Hollande, is “appeasement.”