For ex-president François Hollande, Emmanuel Macron “must finish his mandate”

“I am for respecting deadlines,” declared the former socialist president in an interview with “Ouest-France”.

Despite growing calls for his resignation, Emmanuel Macron “must complete his term” to avoid “a major institutional crisis”, affirms his predecessor, François Hollande, Sunday January 5. “I am for respecting deadlines”declares the former head of the socialist state in an interview with West Franceadding “No not [faire] part of those who speculate on an early departure of Emmanuel Macron, like Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen”.

For the former tenant of the Elysée (from 2012 to 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”.

There is no question of calling new legislative elections either, believes François Hollande, who was elected deputy again 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 argues that the new government of François Bayrou “could last until 2027”. Provided, however, 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”François Hollande also wishes “find a great Socialist Party”at the same time “fully autonomous” towards La France insoumise, and “capable of accommodating” 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.