Eight years after his first election to the Presidency of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron spoke during a program to face the French questions.
Position at the end of life, Virulent criticism of the Israeli government about its action in Gaza … back in the important announcements and statements of the Head of State.
• End of life: Macron believes that the referendum “can be a form”
While two texts at the end of life are discussed this month in the National Assembly, Emmanuel Macron wants to leave this “parliamentary time” but does not rule out the referendum for this issue.
“He (the text, the editor’s note) began in the Assembly, then will continue in the Senate. I think that in the first place it takes this time, it is healthy, first a parliamentary moment. But if we saw that there was a jam, an impossibility of going in the end at that time the referent can be a path to unlock,” he said.
However, he said he expected the text to be voted by Parliament
• He wants several referendums “at the same time” in the “next months”
Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that he wanted to organize several referendums “at the same time” in the “next months” on “important economic, educational or social reforms”, however, excluding the issue of immigration.
“I hope we can organize a multiple consultation, that is (…) several referendums at the same time in the coming months,” he said in TF1.
“I do not want to give your mind too precisely because it depends on the government to finish this work and after me make the decision,” he added, while specifying to be open to the “reforms” of Prime Minister François Bayrou on the “Economic and Social Plan.”
• “A Pena”: Macron denounces the action of the Netanyahu government in Gaza
Referring to “a humanitarian and unacceptable drama” about the situation in Gaza, Emmanuel Macron believes that “it is not the President of the Republic to say that this is a genocide and this is not (…) is a drama and is horrible.”
“What the Benjamin Netanyahu government is doing today is unacceptable (…) What it is doing is a shame,” continued the President of the Republic, asking for the end of the humanitarian block.
• Excludes any referendum on pension reform
Arrested by the general secretary of the CGT Sophie Binet in the pension reform Adopted in 2023, Emmanuel Macron dismissed any referendum on this subject.
“The answer is no,” said the President of the Republic, “we did not do this reform for joy, we did it to save the distribution system.”
Emmanuel Macron, however, wishes a social conference on how to finance the French social model that “rests too much at work.”
• He “does not want to” nationalize Arceormittal
While the Arceormittal Steel Group Consider the abolition of more than 600 positions in the country, Emmanuel Macron dismisses any nationalization.
“No, I will not nationalize Arceormittal, because I would spend billions of euros (…) The answer is not nationalizing, it is to have guarantees and develop,” he said.
However, the President of the Republic ensures that “we will save (the sites, the editor’s note) Dunkerque and FOS, I say with my eyes.”
• “Mass sanctions” if Russia does not apply the high fire
Emmanuel Macron has confirmed that “mass sanctions” will be taken “in the next few days” against Russia, and added, however, that “there is no legal framework” to use frozen Russian assets.
“We want to have this peace, we want to press Russia, but we want to keep the United States with us,” continued the President of the Republic.
The Kremlin denounced yesterday the “ultimatum” launched by Ukraine and its European allies to accept a high fire of 30 days before the negotiations that must be carried out on Thursday in Istanbul in Turkey.
Emmanuel Macron, on the other hand, says he is ready to talk to Vladimir Putin in case of Alto El Fuego between Russia and Ukraine, “being transparent, coordinated with President Zelensky and in close coordination with my European partners.”
“You have to do it, we must negotiate with him for the future,” added the head of state.
• Macron favorable to rents from imprisonment abroad
While the overcrowding of the prison continues to get worse, the President of the Republic says he is open to the possibility of renting imprisonment in other countries.
“We will rent, if necessary, prison places where they are available, there is no taboo,” he said.
At the same time, Emmanuel Macron says that he is in favor of a “symbolic participation” of prisoners to his detention costs, a proposal made by Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin.
“It is a measure that is completely relevant, I am in favor of work in prisons, to which they already contribute,” he added.
• Macron not favorable to use the veil in the “sports” competitions
Sylvie Eberena, French lifting champion of weightlifting weights, challenged the President of the Republic in the bill aimed at prohibiting the use of veil in competitions and in some infrastructure.
“I am in favor of the Olympic Charter that prohibits the use of any religious sign in competitions,” said Emmanuel Macron, “I will distinguish sports in infrastructure and competitions.”
• He believes that Trump “damages US growth” with customs duties
While Donald Trump intends to negotiate with each country of new customs rights, Emmanuel Macron believes that “damages American growth, when he was chosen growth was more than 3%, the last figures are almost 0”.
“It doesn’t work for its economy,” he added.
However, the President of the Republic has recognized that even customs tasks increased by 10% remain “a problem for the sector” of the French spirits and in particular the Coñac.
Source: BFM TV
