Despite the multiplication of calls for his resignation, Emmanuel Macron “must complete his term” to avoid “a major institutional crisis”judges his predecessor, François Hollande, who also expresses his opposition to a new dissolution of the Assembly, in an interview granted to West France published Sunday January 5.
“I am for respecting deadlines”declares the former socialist president, who says he is not part “of those who speculate on an early departure of Emmanuel Macron, like Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen”, but also a majority of French people. According to an Odoxa survey for Le Figaro published Friday, 61% of them are in favor of a resignation of the head of state.
For the former tenant of the Elysée (2012-2017), “whatever criticisms may be made” to his successor – “and there are many of them”he emphasizes – “he was re-elected and must therefore complete his mandate”especially since “his resignation would cause a major institutional crisis”.
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“Rediscover a great Socialist Party”
There is also no question of calling new legislative elections, believes Mr. Hollande, elected deputy last July in his stronghold of Corrèze. “I do not see how a dissolution, within six months, could give us an Assembly different from that of today”divided into three blocks and without a majority, he justifies.
Judging “the time has come for a peaceful parliamentary democracy”he even believes that the new government of François Bayrou “can last until 2027”, provided that he “concedes significant gestures”particularly on pensions and « justice fiscale »in order not to be exposed to “temptations of censorship”.
Concerned about “allow the return of stability to the country”Mr. Hollande also wishes “find a great Socialist Party”at the same time “fully autonomous” vis-à-vis La France insoumise and “able to accommodate” social democratic figures like Bernard Cazeneuve and Raphaël Glucksmann.
Claiming that a congress “takes place before summer” to cut the line and “prepare for 2027”the former head of state, however, touches on the question of his possible candidacy for the next presidential election.
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