Emmanuel Macron wants to reassure the French in his New Year wishes

It is a traditional year-end exercise. The President of the Republic will pronounce his votes this afternoon at 8:00 p.m. These are the sixth year-end wishes for Emmanuel Macron, which he wants to place under the sign of the optimist. According to the head of state’s entourage, he would be willing to reassure the French with a message of “unity and trust.”

France is doing well in the face of crises

In rather classic ten-minute wishes, Emmanuel Macron should acknowledge that times are tough, that there have certainly been crises in 2022 but that the efforts have been worth it.

Inflation lower than that of our European neighbours, sustained growth, falling unemployment… The president should thank the French in particular for the energy savings they have made and tell them that France is not doing so badly, given the international situation.

The president should also talk about what will change in 2023, such as pensions or immigration, but without going into too much detail. He will also have a word for the public hospital, during these third votes marked by the Covid-19 epidemic.

The pension reform as the next battle

The Head of State spent a few days between Christmas and New Year at Fort Brégançon, the presidential residence on the Côte d’Azur, to, he assured his entourage, “prepare the start of the school year.” And he knows that this return to school promises to be dangerous, both socially and politically.

On January 10, his government must present the pension reform project, the flagship of his program during his re-election in the spring. Will you confirm the postponement of the retirement age to 65 years, or will you opt for a compromise solution, for example, with a decrease to 64 years together with an acceleration of the extension of the contribution period?

Whichever formula is chosen, it should displease the unions, which are bent on fighting in the streets against any measure of age – without it being possible, at this point, to predict whether this mobilization will combine with other angers to become a social explosion. .

After outbreaks of fever around fuel in the autumn, then at the SNCF and among general practitioners during the holidays, the executive is waiting for the spark that can spark a great social movement.