During the presentation of his wishes to the French on Tuesday, the French president recognized that the dissolution he decided in June had “produced more instability than serenity” and opened the way to referendums in 2025.
Emmanuel Macron’s mea culpa raised eyebrows among the opposition. During his New Year’s greetings to the French this Tuesday, the Head of State recognized that the dissolution he decided in June had “brought for the moment more divisions to the Assembly than solutions for the French”et “produces more instability than serenity”.
An outing which aroused the ire of the left, from environmentalists to the Insoumis. “It is not enough to recognize one’s responsibility, we must draw all the political conclusions: leave”responded immediately the coordinator of La France insoumise Manuel Bompard, while the leader of the LFI deputies Mathilde Panot mocked this “arrogant and authoritarian president” that she wants “succeed in getting people to leave” in 2025.
“We have to finish the job” for Mélenchon
Without going into the substance of the presidential address, the vice-president of the rebellious National Assembly, Clémence Guetté, describes the head of state as “disconnected” and also calls for his departure for “build better days for all”. “As long as the parenthesis is not closed, the draft will be painful. We have to finish the job…”writes the leader of the LFI, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, on his X account. For his part, the LFI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis Éric Coquerel judges that Emmanuel Macron’s wishes are “the same as in 2023”.
Fabien Roussel, for his part, welcomes the holding of potential referendums or citizens’ conventions in the coming months, while “Macron plans to consult the French (…) after stubbornly refusing the referendum on pension reform.” “We have no shortage of ideas to submit to him”adds the latest presidential candidate, mocking the tenant of the Élysée in passing. “Macron discovers democracy in 2025. Everything happens!”he continues.
The ecologist Sandrine Rousseau also underlined on her X account her desire to want “a referendum on pensions” pour “to start”. “Using the German example when Scholz, who lost a vote of confidence, accepts the result and gives up power, is daring, advances the elected official from Paris. Finally using the IVG (parliamentary initiative of the left) and the images of Gisèle Pélicot after having said that Depardieu did honor to France (is) indecent.
A “capacity for humility”
Reactions were more moderate on the other side of the political spectrum. asked about BFMTVthe Minister of Health Catherine Vautrin welcomed “very concrete announcements” from the president and praised “his capacity for humility which is his towards our fellow citizens”. The deputy secretary of Les Républicains Geoffroy Didier also saw a form “humility and lucidity” in the words of Emmanuel Macron, calling for “look forward” and find a form “of stability” after a chaotic political year where four prime ministers succeeded one another at Matignon.
Also asked about BFMTVthe spokesperson for the National Rally and MEP, Aleksandar Nikolic, “hope that (Emmanuel Macron) will go through to the end and that the French will be consulted”. «This is a golden opportunity, the country will be blocked for another six months, but I am convinced that the French want to choose their destiny“, he said a few moments after the end of the vows.
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