This is a point on which the opponents agree: Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron have both spoken out in favor of the establishment of a seven-year term.
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In a long interview with Le
Point
, the president-candidate first mentioned the idea of “
mid-term, like in the United States
” elections.
"
We need a strong executive, and a strong parliament,
" he said.
On the other hand, it probably needs a different calendar.
The fact of not having a democratic breath for five years is no longer suited to our times.
Maybe we should have something akin to midterm elections, like in the United States.”
Emmanuel Macron then clarified his desire to “
set up a cross-party commission on this subject
”, while considering that “
the five-year term is undoubtedly too short for a presidential time in France
”.
Thus the Head of State advocates the idea of a seven-year term “
with midterms
” which, according to him, “ would,
for example, better separate the governmental executive from the presidential executive.
»
"
Reviving Democracy
"
Invited on France 2 this Wednesday morning, the candidate president clarified that this "
reflection
" was not part of his program.
“
I say that the seven-year term seemed to me a good option but it will not be worth anyway for the mandate which comes obviously.
“Before adding:”
We do not change rules during the game.
Emmanuel Macron then declared that "
if the institutions must be renovated, it seems to me that there are many things that can be improved
", citing the possibility of having "
more proportionality to better represent the whole political forces in the Assembly
".
Until full proportional?
The president did not rule out the idea.
For her part, Marine Le Pen, traveling in the Eure, mentioned the idea of a “
non-renewable
” seven-year term during a press conference.
This, “
to revitalize democracy
” and to restore “
to the presidential function its prestige and to the president his capacity for long-term action while freeing him from the obligation of a permanent electoral campaign
”.