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Why Emmanuel Macron wants to seduce the middle classes

2023-05-18T17:58:35.379Z

Highlights: Emmanuel Macron is on an offensive aimed at the "middle classes" The seduction operation has been going on for several weeks now. One question is on people's minds: what does this category of the population really mean? Without a precise definition on which to rely, Emmanuel Macron evokes, him, "those who are too rich to be helped and not rich enough," says Frédéric Dabi, director general of Ifop. The minister of the Economy ensures to work on proposals soon presented to the president.


DECRYPTION - The executive multiplies the announcements with regard to a category of the population with complex contours.


One theme chases another. This is at least what the president hopes by betting, to get out of the difficult sequence of pensions, on an offensive aimed at the "middle classes". The seduction operation has been going on for several weeks now - Emmanuel Macron promising them again last Monday evening, on the set of TF1, 2 billion in tax cuts by 2027.

The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, ensures to work on proposals soon presented to the president, while that of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, hammers his desire for a "Marshall Plan" that would be dedicated to them. One question, however, is on people's minds: what does this category of the population really mean?

'Very different lifestyles'

From a sociological point of view, "the middle classes are not a social class," says Frédéric Dabi, director general opinion of Ifop. Without a precise definition on which to rely, Emmanuel Macron evokes, him, "those who are too rich to be helped and not rich enough ...

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Source: lefigaro

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