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MACRON PRESENTS ITS REFORM OF THE PROFESSIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
From Saintes (Charente-Maritime), the President of the Republic presents his reform of the vocational high school, “a national cause”. “Despite the investment of the nation, the dedication of the teachers, we have not met the promise” made to the students, considers Emmanuel Macron, judging the system “badly done”. He recalls that out of 100 students who enter vocational second, only 1/3 will get their baccalaureate or an equivalent, 39% will integrate working life, 23% will be unemployed and 28% will continue in higher education. “If these figures had been those of the general high school, we would have made efforts on this subject a long time ago.”
NATIONAL GATHERING
After the rejection of a request for a referendum by the Constitutional Council, the National Rally announced Wednesday evening the filing of a bill to “prevent retirement at 64”. It proposes to “establish a minimum starting age of 60 for French people who worked before the age of 20, and gradually up to 62”.
PROTESTERS KEEP AWAY
300 meters from the school, demonstrators with pans are still kept away by the police.
EMMANUEL MACRON ARRIVES IN SAINTES
The President of the Republic has just arrived in Saintes, in Charente-Maritime.
EMMANUEL MACRON WANTS A “PRETEXT TO GO ON THE FIELD”
With his trip to Saintes to present his reform of vocational high schools, E. Macron wants to “show that he is in concrete life”, according to Chloé Morin, political scientist, on LCI. She believes that this visit is also “a pretext to go into the field”, in front of an audience that is not yet acquired.
Why is Emmanuel Macron going to announce this reform of the vocational high school himself?Source : TF1 News
INTERPELLATIONS IN DEMONSTRATIONS
In Paris, the police arrested nearly 300 people before the start of the May Day demonstration. This Wednesday, the general controller of places of deprivation of liberty denounces these arrests which she describes as “massive and preventive”.
BETWEEN 400 AND 500 PROTESTERS IN SAINTES
Kept away from the vocational school that Emmanuel Macron will visit in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, the demonstrators decided to go around the area to try to get as close as possible to the school. They are now between 400 and 500 blocked by the police on railway tracks, according to our journalist on site.
E. Macron in Sainte: a new displacement under tension?Source : TF1 News
“BAD REPUBLIC”
Several left-wing deputies estimated Thursday that the Constitution of the Fifth Republic was no longer democratic enough, regretting “a bad trial” made to Jean-Luc Mélenchon who criticized, on May 1, the “bad Republic” and triggered the ire of the presidential camp.
“This Constitution does not respect the people and democracy”, estimated on franceinfo the boss of the communists and deputy of the North Fabien Roussel, denouncing “a bad trial” made by the executive to the leader of rebellious France.
On Wednesday, Emmanuel Macron accused the latter during the Council of Ministers of doing “the short scale at the National Rally” and Elisabeth Borne of seeking to “undermine the confidence of our fellow citizens in our democracy”. The executive also criticizes the rebellious leader for not having condemned the violence against the police during the May Day demonstrations.
“DEMONSTRATION AND GATHERING” PROHIBITED IN SAINTES
The prefecture of Charente-Maritime has published an order prohibiting any “demonstration” and “crowd” in Saintes around the vocational school that Emmanuel Macron must visit on Thursday. The prefect Nicolas Basselier justifies his decision in particular by the fear of “disorders of public order” in the context of the challenge to the pension reform and in view of calls for mobilization on social networks of “radical groups of the Charente-Maritime and neighboring departments”.
He also mentions more specifically threats from an individual saying on Facebook that he wants to “bring a sniper rifle with ammunition” on the occasion of the visit of the President of the Republic, expected around 11:45 a.m. at the Bernard Palissy technological and vocational high school in Saintes. . The order runs from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The unions had declared a call to demonstrate from 9:00 am in front of the establishment, but did not go to the preparatory meeting with the prefecture on Wednesday, also indicates the prefect in his decree.
TOWN HALL OF PARIS
The Town Hall will have to remove its banners in support of the movement against the pension reform, according to a decision of the administrative court.
VIOLENCE IN PROTESTS IS “DEGENERATING”
On the Republican side, the boss of the group in the Senate, Bruno Retailleau, is worried, on Public Senate, about the violence linked to the demonstrations against the pension reform. “I say to the inter-union, when we see the violence, that we must know how to end a strike. Because we see that it is degenerating”, warned the elected official.
According to him, the demonstration of June 6, at the call of the inter-union, falls under “their responsibility”.
RN BILL PROPOSAL
“Marine le Pen’s bill would implement a social justice reform with a start at age 60 for those who started before age 20, and gradually at age 62 for those who started after age 20”, presents Thomas Ménagé. , deputy RN on Cnews. Against the pension reform, “the only possibility is to put this bill to the vote”, continues the elected official.
SAINTS
Emmanuel Macron is expected around 11:45 a.m. at the Bernard Palissy technological and vocational high school in Saintes, Charente-Maritimes. About fifty people have gathered since this morning around a roundabout, a few hundred meters from the establishment.
RIP’S REJECTION ‘NOT A DENIAL OF DEMOCRACY’
The CFDT “expected” the decision of the Constitutional Council on Wednesday evening, explains its president on BFMTV. “This raises the question of what the right solution will be, the day when we can table a referendum of popular initiative. We have a bit of the feeling that this text is made so that it will never be used”, regrets he.
“The parliamentary procedure was dented” on the pension reform, and the “RIP appeared to be the only possibility of returning to the citizens”, continues Laurent Berger. However, “we can clearly see, through the decision of the Constitutional Council, that the text which established this RIP is not well done”. However, the union leader does not consider that this RIP is a “democratic scam”, as Marine Le Pen denounces. “I would say that cold, this RIP would need to be re-examined”, he nuances.
“THE FIGHT GOES ON”
“There was a faint hope”, recognizes Fabien Roussel, leader of the Communist Party on France info, following the rejection of the Constitutional Council of the RIC. “But the fight continues, because a majority of citizens are still opposed to this reform,” he adds.
“This decision of the Constitutional Council invites us once again to ask ourselves about a reform of our constitution, which gives all the powers to a president who passes a text that no one wants. This reform would start with the withdrawal of 49-3 from the Constitution. We will table a bill to this effect”, believes Fabien Roussel.
“This Constitution does not respect the people and democracy”, continues the elected official. “Democracy is damaged and there is a need to give the floor back to the people, and for the people to be respected,” he adds. “No other country in Europe would agree to let its people demonstrate for three months, remaining inflexible. Where have we seen that in Europe? Nowhere. Today we have an authoritarian, tough president” , he tackles
PANS IN SAINTES
About fifty people are gathered in Saintes, in Charente-Maritimes. They await the arrival of Emmanuel Macron with a concert of saucepans.
Saintes: Macron expected by a welcoming committeeSource : TF1 News
NR LAW PROPOSAL
The National Rally group has just tabled a bill in the Assembly, to oppose retirement at 64, writes Sébastien Chenu on Twitter.
PROPOSAL FOR A LIOT LAW AGAINST THE REFORM SUBMITTED ON JUNE 8
Alexis Corbière is “disappointed” with the decision of the Constitutional Council on the rejection of the popular initiative referendum, the last lever against the pension reform. “But it’s not over: on June 8, we are filing, with the Liot group, a text for the withdrawal of the reform”, explains the LFI deputy on Europe 1. “On this date, we will be able to be in the majority in the ‘hemicycle’, believes the elected official.
WELCOME COMMITTEE FOR MACRON IN SAINTES
While the head of state will be in Saintes, Charente-Maritimes, at midday, dozens of demonstrators are already waiting for him with pans and smoke bombs.
EVENT IN NANTES
A few hundred demonstrators, at the height of the rally, marched in Nantes on Wednesday evening at the call of the inter-union after the Constitutional Council rejected a request for a referendum on a shared initiative (RIP) aimed at submitting to citizens the recent law on pensions. A few trash cans were burned and at least one person arrested, observed an AFP photographer.
EMMANUEL MACRON IN CHARENTE-MARITIME
Make the professional way “a path of excellence”. Emmanuel Macron presents the reform of the vocational high school this Thursday during a trip to Charente-Maritime where the protest promises again to be heard on pensions.
The Head of State, who continues his field visits at the rate of one to two outings per week since the promulgation of the pension reform, is expected around 11:45 a.m. at the Bernard Palissy technological and vocational high school in Saintes. He will be accompanied by the Ministers of National Education Pap Ndiaye, Labor Olivier Dussopt, on the front line on pensions, and Vocational Education Carole Grandjean.
RIP
The Constitutional Council did not validate, Wednesday evening, the second request for a referendum on the pension reform. A new failure for the left, which immediately called for the continuation of the fight. With a horizon: the 14th day of mobilization, June 6, then a vote on the repeal of the text, two days later.
1ST-MAY
281 people were taken into police custody on the sidelines of the May 1 demonstrations in Paris. Nearly three quarters of them were released without prosecution, said the Paris prosecutor’s office on Wednesday.
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