President Emmanuel Macron estimated this Wednesday, February 15 during the Council of Ministers that the right and left oppositions “have no more compass and are totally lost” in the debate on pensions, two participants told AFP.
” They [les opposants] are totally lost and consider as usual that the French are only the decor of their action because they are not at the heart of their concerns “added the Head of State, according to these two sources, which confirmed comments initially reported by ” Le Figaro “.
Against the pension reform, large families: “I wanted to show my daughter what a popular movement is”
Emmanuel Macron has spoken only on rare occasions in public on this reform, which is currently being examined in Parliament. In a hint to the right, he pointed out that “those who defended dry 65s less than a year ago now oppose 64s with trimmings”.
Criticism of the left on the rejection of the “senior index”
The president also criticized those, on the left, “who defended and passed the Touraine reform” under the presidency of the socialist François Hollande and “now denounce it”.
Besides “the left has been asking us for weeks to do more on unemployment among seniors but applauds standing up with the RN when it manages to remove a measure designed for this purpose”he added.
Can the rejection of article 2 of the pension reform threaten the text?
Emmanuel Macron was referring to the rejection, Tuesday evening, by deputies, in the pension reform, of an article establishing a “senior index” to measure the employment of older employees in companies, a setback for the executive.
Emmanuel Macron “is very mobilized, perfectly aware – if you had any doubts – of everything that is going on” despite his posture in withdrawal, according to a minister.
