"Out of reality", "practice disconnected from power": political reactions to Macron's speech

Europe 1 with AFP 20:48 p.m., April 17, 2023, modified at 20:48 p.m., April 17, 2023

The speech was expected, two days after the express promulgation of the disputed pension reform. In a speech, President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed Monday night that this bill was necessary, while saying "regret" that it was not "accepted" and that a "consensus" could not be found. But his speech is far from unanimous among the opposition. The rebellious leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon mocks on Twitter a head of state "completely out of reality", and refers to the concerts of pots and pans organized everywhere in France.

Unreal #Macron20h. Completely out of reality, assumes the theft of two years of freedom. The pans sound more accurate.

— Jean-Luc Mélenchon (@JLMelenchon) April 17, 2023

Le Pen denounces a "practice disconnected from power"

For her part, the leader of the National Rally Marine Le Pen criticizes an Emmanuel Macron "always stuck in a parallel world". The finalist of the 2022 presidential election also denounces on Twitter a "disconnected, solitary and obtuse practice of power", after the televised address of Emmanuel Macron, which announces according to her "the continuation of a five-year term of contempt, indifference and brutality".

This disconnected, solitary and obtuse practice of power heralds the continuation of a five-year period of contempt, indifference and brutality from which it will be necessary to get out through the ballot box.

— Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) April 17, 2023

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