In the National Assembly,
In the corridors of the Palais-Bourbon, this Monday, there is hardly a cat. It is almost 1 p.m., Emmanuel Macron is preparing to speak to the French during an interview with the television news of TF1 and France 2. Three days after the rejection of the motions of censure, and on the eve of a new day of mobilization against the pension reform, the elected officials do not want to miss a crumb of the explanations of the head of state. “No time…”, breathes while running the PS deputy Boris Vallaud, refusing the strained microphones. A good thirty minutes later, the oppositions are present to castigate the words of the President of the Republic. 20 minutes summarizes these criticisms for you.
Macron, an “arsonist” for the Nupes
The first to crowd in front of the journalists are the members of the Nupes. And it is an understatement to say that they did not appreciate what they have just heard. “The president is completely disconnected from the country. He cannot dissolve the people, so he despises them. He makes shameful comparisons between the mobilizations in France and those of Bolsonaro’s Brazil or the attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters, he is an arsonist firefighter, ”annoys Jérôme Guedj, PS deputy for Essonne. “His speech was soulless, without humanity, without direction, abounds the communist of Seine-Maritime Sébastien Jumel. We are dealing with a spoiled child, who plays with the Republic and isolates himself. It risks amplifying anger. I call for a human tide, calm, tomorrow [jeudi] to bring about reform.
The day before, Emmanuel Macron called on his government and his majority to “appease” the country and to “listen to anger”. But for the elected left, his words of the day can only reinforce the climate of tension and the mobilizations. “He continues his passage in force, with what makes his trademark: arrogance. But a president is not there to throw barrels of gasoline on the fire like he does. We must listen to the people who express themselves, ”says Manuel Bompard, the boss of La France insoumise. “He’s an absolute arsonist. He sets this country on fire, pushes people to their limits, creates anger. Tomorrow, he will come and tell us that he is order in the face of chaos, but he is the one who creates chaos, ”adds the First Secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure.
The “salami” of laws castigated by LR
On the other side of the room, Prisca Thévenot, spokesperson for the Renaissance group, defends the desire to find a compromise in Parliament, as mentioned by the Head of State. Because Emmanuel Macron has instructed Elisabeth Borne to “build a government program” likely to “expand” the relative majority in the Assembly. “We were elected to be in the opposition, so we will be in the opposition”, sweeps Pierre-Henri Dumont, LR deputy from Pas-de-Calais. “There is a great danger in signing a government agreement with the president. If there is no non-populist opposition in the Assembly tomorrow, in 2027 we will have Jean-Luc Mélenchon or Marine Le Pen at the Elysée”.
The announcement of the postponement of the immigration bill, which will finally be split into “several texts” to try to obtain votes on the left and on the right, was also not appreciated by the elected LRs. “If Emmanuel Macron thinks he can pass texts by cutting them up like this, it’s not going to go well. Because this strategy of cutting the texts, to seduce the left, then the right, means that at some point, we will all be cuckolds, ”tackles the elected representative of Moselle Fabien Di Filippo.
The RN calls for the resignation of Elisabeth Borne
“The conjurer has no more rabbits to pull out of the hat”. Marine Le Pen, too, does not spare Emmanuel Macron during his post-JT press conference in the Assembly. But the president of the RN group also makes Elisabeth Borne’s ears whistle. “She comes out pulverized from this sequence. If the Prime Minister had any political sense, she would leave on her own. She can obviously not resign, but her authority is ruined and her future action is illusory ”, tackles the elected representative of Hénin-Beaumont.
The former presidential candidate also predicts a change of government to come. “I put on my Madame Irma outfit, there is a good chance that Emmanuel Macron will carry out a reshuffle, after weeks of blockage and violence, giving credit to these blockages and this violence”, she regrets. An option again ruled out this Wednesday by the Head of State.