An outstretched hand and a brandished threat.
Emmanuel Macron definitely likes paradoxical constructions.
The Elysée dinner was expected as that of the decision as to the method to be followed to reform pensions.
Again, we have to wait.
But the Head of State wants to convince himself that giving time a little more time is the best way for him to keep his hand.
And, in fine, to succeed within the deadlines he wanted and according to the terms he wanted.
It all begins, however, with a concession he was forced to make to his most important and cumbersome ally, François Bayrou.
By thundering against the prospect of a “passage in force”, the president of the MoDem had given credit to the speech of the opponents of the reform.
The most serious, in fact, was not so much that the centrist deputies voted against an amendment to the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) postponing the legal age of departure, but that it lost the battle for the 'opinion…
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