A president who always wants to be in charge. Emmanuel Macron used a speech at the Nantes maritime economy conference to respond to criticism, including from his own camp, about the lack of reforms in the coming months.
“I will continue to hold on until the last centimeter. We need a clear course when there are storms, especially when there are storms,” said the head of state this Tuesday afternoon.
Few major reforms on the agenda
Enough to hope to convince the presidential majority that the Elysée is still determined to move forward. If the immigration law reaches the House on December 11, the executive does not have many other bills in stock for the coming months.
At the moment we have the text on the end of life, a text on old age, postponed several times since 2017 and which must be voted on “before the summer”, and, finally, a reform of the housing sector. Far from the “100 days of action” promised last April.
For his part, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, tried to put the issue of unemployment insurance back on the table, calling for a reduction in compensation for the elderly.
Stanislas Guérini, Minister of Public Service, is working on a future reform of state agents while a Congress on the constitutionalization of abortion could be held. Enough to convince that Emmanuel Macron’s second five-year term is not deadlocked?
“At the bar”
Proof that the executive is looking for ideas to move forward: Élisabeth Borne receives a group of deputies this Tuesday afternoon in Matignon to discuss the major projects of 2024 and should increase exchanges of this type in the coming weeks.
“I have been in charge for more than six and a half years. The course has always been the same: look to the future without defeatism, adopt a lucid optimism and have clear ideas about the qualities and defects of France,” he responded indirectly. to Emmanuel Macron in Nantes.
Will these words be enough to reassure those who fear within the majority that the next few months will be the last of this five-year mandate for major reforms?
“We are heading towards the open sea”
“After the European elections in June, in a way we will enter the dance of the ambitious for the presidential elections. What we did not do before, we will not do later,” a majority commentator on BFMTV was alarmed last week. .com.
The Head of State, who displays a certain serenity, was however more feverish in front of the business leaders of the export sector that he had gathered at the Elysée last week, calling on them to “wake up” against unemployment.
“We come from the rivers, we go to the sea and we go to the open sea,” said Emmanuel Macron in a lyrical outburst.
The metaphor could apply to the coming weeks if the immigration bill passed by 49.3. Enough to trigger a real political storm, demonetizing the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, and opening the door to a possible reorganization.
Source: BFM TV
