We were not at the end of our surprises on Tuesday evening since, even in form, the President of the Republic innovated with an inaugural clip returning to the rare moments of 2024 to put to his credit: the Olympics, the celebration of the 80 years of the Liberation and the reopening of Notre-Dame: “ Together, this year, we have proven that impossible is not French,” he said while the images of these “French pride” paraded.
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However, it was still necessary to address the angry subjects and a National Assembly fractured into three blocs, with a majority nowhere to be found but which, “fully legitimate” according to the President, represents “the country in its diversity and therefore also in its divisions… And it must know how to achieve majorities.”
As if he recognized that power was decentered, he cited all his Prime Ministers, which was rare in a solemn speech like this. But we were not yet at the end of our surprises, since Emmanuel Macron had saved his main announcement for the end: “ We will have choices to make for our economy, our democracy, our security, our children,” he said, judging that “the hope, prosperity and peace of the coming quarter of a century depend on our choices. Today “. And to continue: “ This is why in 2025, we will continue to decide and I will also ask you to decide on some of these determining issues. Because each of you will have a role to play. »
Referendum or citizens’ convention? No President of the Republic has called a referendum since 2005, when Jacques Chirac suffered the refusal of the draft European constitutional treaty.
On what subjects will the French be called upon to “decide”? Emmanuel Macron did not specify it and simply mentioned “certain determining subjects”. No need to be a soothsayer to understand that he is seeking a way out of the current crisis by changing the rules of the political game.
In this area, all eyes are on proportional voting, which has returned to court in recent months and is regularly defended by the new Prime Minister François Bayrou. But Emmanuel Macron opened Pandora's box: all the oppositions came together to demand a referendum on… pensions!
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