“So, should you return to holidays? I’m not in favor of this method.” In 2019, during a press conference in a context of yellow vests crisis, the President of the Republic shared his strategy on activity and work.
“I am not in favor of the abolition of the holidays, note) because we have already tried, because it did not work very well. It is an absolutely abyssal complexity for all and, in the end, it refers to complexities,” he continued. Add: “If we could also save the debate what vacation would be great.”
This Wednesday, July 16, 2025, his prime minister François Bayrou finally announced that he wanted to withdraw two vacations, citing “as an example” Easter Monday “and” May 8 “.
“A strategy that the country needs”
Emmanuel Macron welcomed, through the government spokeswoman Sophie Primas, her “courage” and said he supported his minister, in a context of preparation for the 2026 budget. “François Bayrou was right to establish the course,” he said during a speech in Lourdes on Wednesday.
The President of the Republic believes that the budgetary guidelines presented by François Bayrou are “a solid and clear strategy (…) that the country needs”.
Represented by a majority related to the National Assembly, the Government incurs a significant risk of being censored with the 2026 budget,
Source: BFM TV
