Hardly had the Constitutional Council validated it than Emmanuel Macron, overnight, promulgated the pension reform.
“ He didn’t drag “, spear Free lunch. Deaf to calls urging him not to promulgate this text “ widely contested by public opinion and against which millions of French people have demonstrated since January “, Underlines this daily from the South of France, the Head of State, overnight, therefore affixed his signature. This reform, raising the legal retirement age from 62 to 64, is now enshrined in law “, point Free lunch.
“ It’s done », confirms The echoes. According to the business daily’s website, this promulgation in the night (…) is yet another dismissal addressed to the opponents of the reform and to the inter-union which supports them “.
Forceps Reform
Retirement at 64? A few hours earlier, the Constitutional Council had therefore validated this reform. A victory for Emmanuel Macron. But at what cost ? ” The procedure may be legal, square, in accordance with the Constitution, it does not pass “, estimated The voice of the North. There is ” a form of original sin to claim to act in the name of the French by imposing on them expeditiously a text they do not want “.
“ Emmanuel Macron won “, recognize Free Charente. Only here, complete this daily newspaper of the south-west of France, it is a “ Pyrrhic victory “.
” Legal victory (…) but a disaster both political and social for the nation “, estimated The Lorraine Republican. According to this newspaper in the east of the country, Emmanuel Macron now has before him ” four years of crisis to face if he does not change his method of presiding “.
Gauls refractory to the challenge
” Victoire “, yes, but also ” faintness “, thus points in A Le Figaro. ” Indisputable political victory and yet it has a bitter taste “, admits this daily, underlining “ the malaise that crosses the country “. Lamenting a ” collective mess », Le Figaro takes stock of this pension crisis. ” The questioning of legitimate authority, first. (…) How to believe (then) that the only election makes it possible to govern durably and serenely against two thirds of the population? (…) The haughtiness of the knowledgeable responsible for making a somewhat “backward” people accept inevitable developments now ruffles most of our fellow citizens », laments Le Figaro.
Release find “ brutal ” And ” surprising » the decision of the Constitutional Council. ” On the form, the “wise men” (…) delivered a brutal decision, written in a bureaucratic form devoid of any style or nuance, regret this newspaper. SBasically, the decision goes beyond the much decried government text, censoring only the few articles that the government and the Senate had added to create an impression of social balance, and totally censoring only the idea of a referendum which could make opponents wait a few months “, he completes. According FreedEmmanuel Macron remained “ faithful to his passions as an arsonist (…) Trying to play the impossible appeasement, the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, declared that there were in this decision of the Council “neither winners nor losers”. This white lie is partly true, as there can only be a victor at the end of a battle, and this battle is far from over. », anticipates Release.
Presidential squeeze threat
“ And now ? “, wonders in One The Parisian. Clearly in a hurry to move on, this daily admits, “ youout remains to be done “. For this newspaper, the challenge is twofold. “ Social first, in a country tired and bruised by the last three months to the point that the fractures have never been so strong. How will Emmanuel Macron be able to dialogue with interlocutors who no longer want to talk to him? he asks himself. Secondly, The Parisian emphasizes the political stakes, comes from another dimension, which sees the government (re) counting its very meager supporters and its decidedly very relative majority in Parliament, which could well become its band-aid for the rest of the five-year term. His inability to govern », therefore states The Parisian.