After the turbulence, Emmanuel Macron wants to play appeasement.
In a river interview with Le
Parisien
published on Sunday evening, the head of state admitted that not everything had been perfect during the debates on pension reform.
“Could we have done better?
Yes”
, he admitted, including his responsibility:
“Perhaps the mistake was not to be present enough to give consistency and bring this reform myself”
.
Drawing this observation, Emmanuel Macron therefore believes that he must
"reengage in the public debate because there are things that are not clear".
"Negotiation Agenda"
The president maintains, however, that this reform was necessary
"because it reduces the pension deficit that is filled if not with public money"
.
“I am neither naive nor fooled, pension reforms are always difficult.
Since there have been, they always go wrong.
So, it's always better to do it at the start of the mandate
, ”he said.
“My wish is for the trade unions to come back, for a negotiating agenda to be defined by the summer and for them to have until the end of the year to negotiate,” he said
. he proposed, wishing in particular to reintegrate the senior index and the senior CDI.
Emmanuel Macron also agreed that he himself had made communication errors in the past, in particular when he spoke in June 2017 of
"successful people and people who are nothing"
.
“It was incomprehensible as I said it.
A real mistake
, ”he admits.
No regrets on the other hand on
“I cross the street and I find you a job”
, pronounced in 2018.
“When I answer a young man horticulturist, with whom I speak ten minutes and tell me to be ready to look for a job in the restoration, which one crosses the street to find, it is true.
At the time, he never crossed the street, he refused lots of jobs, and never wanted to work in another sector
,” he explained.
“We have a course”
Regarding purchasing power, Emmanuel Macron indicated that he was
"honest"
, warning that
"food prices will be tough until the end of the summer"
.
"The key is that work pays better
," he says.
“The minimum wage continues to rise, the other salaries must follow, and this is one of the subjects that we have put up for negotiation.
The key is on the side of employers and social dialogue
,” he says.
While the subject of immigration will soon come to Parliament, Emmanuel Macron also warned that the government was going to
“tighten
(the)
rules so that those who have no reason to be here can have their file studied more quickly. and be escorted home
.
The Head of State is counting on
"an effective and fair law, in a single text that maintains this balance"
.
Finally, sometimes accused by the opposition of navigating on sight, the President of the Republic again tried to reassure:
“Yes, we have a course: independence and justice.
As Clemenceau said, you have to know what you want, have the courage to say it and when you say it, have the courage to do it.
What matters to me is that the country is moving forward
.