His blood only made one turn.
At the mere mention of the motion of censure tabled in the National Assembly against the budget of his government, Emmanuel Macron jumped from his chair.
“
I heard the triumphalist declarations of Mr. Mélenchon: “Within fifty votes, we were there”.
But who is this “we”?
“Emmanuel Macron was annoyed.
Monday in the Hemicycle, the RN of Marine Le Pen had voted with the elected representatives of Nupes, failing by fifty votes to bring down the government.
An alloy denounced Wednesday evening on France 2 by the President of the Republic.
“
What makes me angry is the cynicism and the disorder”,
he got carried away.
Because the "we" in question is "
the alliance of socialist deputies, communist ecologists, LFI with those of the National Rally".
Everything and its opposite.
“Do you think that a compatriot who voted for a socialist or environmentalist deputy asked him to bring a majority with RN deputies?
“, still annoyed the head of state before denouncing “
the baroque coalition of Nupes
” and the disorder it causes in the National Assembly.
“
They are not on the side of the order of merit and work, they are on the side of disorder and cynicism.
We saw that the King was naked
“, concluded Emmanuel Macron before looking at the only group likely to support him: the Republicans.
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If the latter had voted for the motion of censure, the government would have fallen.
They didn't, so there's a way out.
For the Head of State in any case, the Republicans “
have sent a clear message which is that they are not ready to do anything to block the government.
I therefore think that we can work with these parliamentarians on several reforms such as pensions, renewable energies and nuclear power
”.
With his relative majority in the National Assembly, Emmanuel Macron has no choice.
Especially since his government can only resort to article 49-3 once per parliamentary session (excluding budget).
The time is therefore in search of compromise, more to the threat of dissolution in the event of a proven blockage in the hemicycle.
The president did not publicly mention this scenario which he had brandished in private in front of his faithful.
“
Why am I going to tie my hands today?
The President of the Republic has instruments that are in his possession, dissolution is one of them.
And fortunately
”, he explained, referring to other tools at his disposal including “
the referendum
”.
Without however specifying on which subject he planned to use it.
“A great conference on value sharing”
Probably not pensions since he hopes to find an agreement not only with LR but beforehand with the unions.
Even if he does not go back on his promise to postpone the legal age of departure.
To maintain the system, “
there is only one way to do it, if you are lucid.
As we live longer, we have to work longer
, he assured.
From the summer of 2023, we will have to shift the legal age of departure by four months per year.
So by 2025, we will go to 63 years old, by 2028 to 64 years old and by 2031 to 65 years old
”.
That's it for the frame.
But it is likely to be enriched and supplemented within the framework of the discussions currently taking place with the unions.
“
We will negotiate long careers, hardship.
We will take all of this into account so that there are rules, we will take active categories into account.
We are going to reform our special regimes,
” he explained.
Discussions still to come on salaries.
If the Head of State refuses to index them to inflation, he will open, within the framework of the National Council for Refoundation, “
a major conference on the sharing of value
”.