Before the test of censure motions Monday, March 20, the government must face the protest against the use of 49.3 which continues in the street this weekend. In the majority, it is a time of concern and doubt about the ability of the executive to regain control.
This is exactly what a Renaissance MP feared that is happening, that the use of 49.3 to pass the pension reform ” ignites anger over the brutality of the exercise of power “.
Like others in the majority, he noted that in the constituency ” the idea of 49.3 did not pass at all “.
And since Thursday evening March 16, in fact, the gatherings are multiplying throughout France. Demonstrations on the Place de Concorde in Paris, which was becoming a symbolic rallying point for protesters, were banned, a sign of the government’s concern over possible slippages.
The specter of “yellow vests” is still there… a union source also explains that are beginning to emerge ” spontaneous gatherings of fascist yellow vests » and that we can « to leave for six months of saturdays “.
The moment is critical and the majority is confused, as if suspended awaiting a reaction from the executive to get out of what has become a political crisis…
A minister even describes “a majority traumatized by the atmosphere of the debate on pensions”. The deputies wonder about Emmanuel Macron’s ability to regain the political initiative and one of them believes that the president “must not procrastinate… he must speak quickly”.
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