After the Franco-German Council of Ministers that celebrated this Sunday the 60th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty, Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Olaf Scholf presented themselves to the press. But the Head of State was quickly confronted with the national news.
On the eve of the presentation of the pension reform project in the Council of Ministers, the President of the Republic had to pronounce on the opposition that the text aroused in public opinion -after two days of mobilization at the end of the week-, and on the possibility to modify it. Without revealing himself too much, he affirmed his “desire to convince and move the country forward.”
Asked by BFMTV about the possibility of seeing him reconsider the decision that crystallizes the discontent of many French – the postponement of the retirement age to 64 years – he replied thus: “We know the needs that are ours. They are known: my mandate was to raise the retirement age to 65 by 2031. We have adapted it to accelerate. There has already been an opening, a change, we must move forward and commit, with the desire to convince and move the country forward “.
Source: BFM TV
