Invited this Friday morning by BFMTV-RMC, François Ruffin asked Emmanuel Macron for “two minutes of chirakism”. Objective “get out of [l’] impasse” in the pension reform, while the social movement is full and the government remains firm.
But what role should the former President of the Republic play in this debate? The rebel deputy has in mind the example of the first job contract (CPE). A provision for young people, championed by former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin in 2006, under the five-year mandate of Jacques Chirac. His measure and the text of which it was a part were adopted by 49.3 in the National Assembly. Without stopping the mobilization. On the contrary.
“It’s time to resolve the situation”
On March 31, Jacques Chirac addresses the French in a televised speech. He enacts the law, suspending the text. The president refers the fate of it to “a new law” to improve “the points that are being debated.”
François Ruffin quotes the words of the Corrézien that day: “For several weeks, the dialogue has not been able to succeed and the issue has remained blocked around the maintenance or withdrawal of this text. It is time to resolve the situation by being fair and reasonable with the national interest as a requirement. This is the mission that the Constitution gives me. In the Republic, when it comes to the national interest, there can be neither winner nor loser. Now we must meet.”
“Alone Against All”
A way for the rebel deputy to request the withdrawal of the pension reform. For him, “Mr Macron is alone against everyone”.
“He is even alone against the deputies of his majority who wanted to go to the vote and who did not go”, due to the use of 49.3, estimates the elected official of the Somme.
On March 31, 2006, Jacques Chirac had not repealed the CPE. But the opponents continued to demonstrate. Before the measure was finally thrown out and replaced by another provision in a vote in Parliament on April 10, 2006.
Source: BFM TV
