Nearly twelve hours of discussion in Saint-Denis, from Wednesday August 30 until late at night: unheard of for a meeting between a President of the Republic and leaders of political parties in the same room. The oppositions who came without illusions lent themselves to the game, but they still came out disappointed with this meeting with Emmanuel Macron.
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Almost nothing leaked out the content of the debates until the exit of the participants. Unsurprisingly, they did not agree, but they were able to discuss in a peaceful atmosphere.
” When you are behind closed doors and the cameras are not there, you have a language that is perhaps a little more familiar, a little more frankexplains Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally. I told him what was in my heart and what millions of French people thought of the policy he was conducting. »
The oppositions come out almost in the same state of mind as when they arrived, testifies Marine Tondelier, national secretary of Europe Ecology Les Verts: “ We came, we saw and we were disappointed. Because we discussed, you noticed, a very long time, about twelve hours I think. There is nothing new under the sun. »
For Manuel Bompard, coordinator of La France insoumise, these debates had an absurd side: “ I had the impression of living a little twelve hours on the planet Mars, with a certain number of debates, discussions, dissertations, but no announcements, no concrete measures. »
12 hours on the planet Mars.
A president above ground without response to the priorities of the start of the school year. The referendum on retirement at 64 is no. Price freeze is no. The indexation of wages to inflation is no. Youth Allowance is no.…
—Manuel Bompard (@mbompard) August 31, 2023
Right and far-right remained braced on a referendum on immigration, left and far-left on pension reform. The only point of consensus: a conference on low wages.
An upcoming work session already announced
On the Élysée side, we salute ” a great political moment, a great moment of unity, recognition and responsibility “, believing that the” hand held out » ofEmmanuel Macron had been ” fruitful with regard to the duration of the exchanges. Discussions must also continue on other topics such as ecological planning or decentralization.
At the end of the summit, Emmanuel Macron let it be known that he would ” send in the next few days a letter summarizing the exchanges and the proposed work titles, which everyone can amend, to continue “The discussions, according to his entourage.
It was specified that everyone has already agreed to meet again in the same format, under the same conditions, for a future work session, without a date having already been set. A follow-up government seminar will also be held on 6 September.
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(and with AFP)