“
He reacts like a shopkeeper.
While Emmanuel Macron announced that he was "ready to discuss" and said he was open to a referendum on the subject of pension reform, the attacks of the National Rally are going well this Tuesday morning.
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Its leader, Marine Le Pen, on France Inter, accused the president of carrying out "
a maneuver to try to attenuate the opposition of left-wing voters
".
“
I have no confidence in Emmanuel Macron and even less 10 days from the second round.
(...) There is nothing to expect from him in this area: he will go to the end of this obsession.
Retiring at 65 is his obsession and he was very sorry not to be able to complete this reform during the last five-year term.
»
Its spokesperson, Julien Odoul, targeted Franceinfo for a “
deeply antisocial measure, which will be a nightmare for millions of French
people ”.
Before criticizing a candidate president "
of the very rich
", who "
reacts like a shopkeeper
" whose balance sheet testifies, according to him, to "
the collapse of purchasing power
".
“
We have more than 10 million poor people in our country.
So today, he
is in the countryside, he discovers popular categories, he discovers that there are French people who are suffering.
(...) But very clearly, we cannot trust Emmanuel Macron.
»
"
Favorable to consultation and dialogue
"
Same attacks from the side of Jordan Bardella who, on France 2, believes that the outgoing president "
does everything and the opposite of everything
".
“
The fact of moderating his argument [on retirement at 65] probably comes from the approach of the second round of the presidential election
,” he gritted.
Invited on RTL, Prime Minister Jean Castex indicated that Emmanuel Macron was "
in favor of consultation and dialogue
".
But that it was necessary, with "
determination
", "
save our pension system
".
Before adding: “
Age will have to be pushed back.
Marine Le Pen leads people to believe that by not moving him, or by leaving earlier, everything will be doable.
No, people have to be told the truth.
»
The Prime Minister then specified that “
the question of evolution towards 64 or 65 years old
” could be discussed as well as “
the question of long careers, the arduous nature of the professions
”.
“
All this must be concerted with all the players.
There will be no rush.
“On CNEWS, Bruno Le Maire also mentioned “
possibilities of negotiation
” while indicating that a pension reform was “
essential to save our system
”.
“
It is a priority
”, supported the Minister of the Economy.