The expression does not seem to pass.
Tuesday evening, the President of the Republic estimated, in front of the parliamentarians of the majority received at the Élysée, that "
the crowd
" of demonstrators opposed to the pension reform had "
no legitimacy
" against "
the people who s 'expresses through its elected officials
'.
Severely denounced by the left, Emmanuel Macron has also drawn criticism from the right, and from some of his partners.
"
Today, it's not the crowd that opposes Emmanuel Macron, it's the whole country
", reacted the deputy Insoumis François Ruffin, invited Wednesday morning on LCI, on the eve of a new day of demonstrations.
According to him, it is rather the law carried by the executive which has "
no legitimacy
" in the face of "
united unions who say no
" and "
millions of people in the street
".
The elected official from the Somme goes even further, and recognizes the election of Emmanuel Macron as "
legality
", but not "
legitimacy
".
“
In what political situation was Emmanuel Macron elected?
“, he questioned.
Before answering himself:
Without momentum and without enthusiasm.
»
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“
(Emmanuel Macron) has delegitimized the representatives of the people by disqualifying the parliamentary debate
”, also retorted the leader of the socialist deputies, Boris Vallaud.
Referring to "
the institutional crisis in which he plunged us
", the elected representative of the Landes summoned the president on Public Senate to "
ask the question of the political coup he has accomplished
", and denounced his "
brave side
" .
Same story on the side of the ecologist Sandrine Rousseau, for whom Emmanuel Macron is looking for “
rot or incident
”.
"
I think (the challenge) even goes beyond the question of pensions
," she said on BFMTV / RMC.
Bayrou would "not have said things like that"
Even some of the president's partners distanced themselves from the comments made.
On France Info, the president of the MoDem François Bayrou indicated that he would "
not have said things like that
".
“
Everyone has their legitimacy.
Demonstrations have their legitimacy, but it is not superior to democratic legitimacy
,” he said.
Adding that the Constitution “
says that sovereignty belongs to the people, who exercise it through their representatives.
»
The High Commissioner for Planning then drew a parallel with the violent demonstrations by supporters of Donald Trump, in the United States, in January 2021. “
When they attacked the Capitol, it was a crowd, but it had no the legitimacy of the institutions
", pointed out the mayor of Pau.
The street remains important, he nuanced: it is “
the symptom of the incommunicability in which we find ourselves, between the official powers and the grassroots citizens
”, for three or four decades.
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The president of the Les Républicains deputies, Olivier Marleix, also expressed a concern, "
in a moment of obvious tension
" where Emmanuel Macron himself "
does not have many exit doors
".
"
I think that the role of the President of the Republic is to seek to appease in these moments and not to give the feeling of throwing oil on the fire
", he estimated on France Inter .
Before judging "
urgent that he rectify the situation, that he change his vocabulary
" during his interview organized at 1 p.m. with TF1 and France 2.
Among the few to have done so, former Prime Minister Manuel Valls gave
the Head of State “
right ”.
On France 2, he felt that we were "
feeding something very dangerous for democracy
", and that it was therefore necessary to "
recall democratic legitimacy
".
The ex-tenant of Matignon nevertheless issued a warning: “
Beware also of the break, the break, with people who have demonstrated thanks to the unions who have been particularly responsible and who can sometimes feel put off. cause.
»
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