During his May 1 speech, the president of the MR strongly criticized the leftist parties, accusing them of exploiting social fears and feeding on the assistantship to establish their political power. Words that arouse strong reactions.
On this symbolic day of the Labor Day, Georges-Louis Bouchez chose a particularly offensive tone. In front of his supporters, the president of the Reforming Movement (MR) targeted several leftist political leaders: “Those who instrumentalize fears are Raoul, it’s Paul, it’s Thierry, it’s Jean-Pascal” …
Our victory is their despair
An explicit reference to Raoul Hedebouw (PTB), Paul Magnette (PS), Thierry Bodson (FGTB) and Jean-Pascal Labille (Solidaris). According to him, these political leaders “Integrate fears”car “Our victory is their despair. Their despair of seeing their world collapse.”
“Assistantship as an electoral strategy”
Bouchez then developed a scathing criticism of the social model defended by the left. “The one where misery was a business. The one where the assistantship guaranteed electoral results. The one where they loved the poor so much that they made it every day”he launched.
A shock formula, intended to underline what he considers as a deliberate social immobility, maintained for electoral reasons.
A discourse that divides
These remarks immediately caused strong reactions, especially from the parties targeted. On the left, there is a contemptuous attack on precarious people and an attempt to divert the attention of policies deemed unjust led by the current government.
Raoul Hedebouw (PTB), already very offensive earlier during the day, also criticized the MR and his allies, accusing them of protecting the richest to the detriment of the world of work. He had denounced a government “Super-Riches” and judged that Georges-Louis Bouchez was “Disconnected from reality” When he claimed to be able to spare half of his salary.
An assumed political fracture
Bouchez’s speech confirms the closing strategy adopted by the MR in the tense political climate which follows the elections of 2024. By taking it directly to the left and its figures, the Liberal president intends to defend a project centered on individual empowerment and the reduction of public aid, while consolidating its electorate.
But at a time when social tensions are lively, and when mobilizations against government reforms are increasing, these statements could also strengthen the feeling of fracture between political classes and part of the population. #Mr Georges-Louis Bouchez mr May 1 Labor Festival speech
