Highlights: Emmanuel Macron tried to regain control on Monday, April 17, after promulgating the pension reform that has been shaking the France for months. In a televised address, the head of state expressed his wishes for the end of this five-year term. Two worlds currently coexist. France: out of the majority, Macron's speech is unanimously against her wishes. The main reactions were: Jean-Luc Mélenchon, of La France insoumise, called Macron "unreal" and Marine Le Pen, of the National Rally.

Emmanuel Macron tried to regain control on Monday, April 17, after promulgating the pension reform that has been shaking the France for months. In a televised address, the head of state...

France: out of the majority, Macron's speech is unanimously against her

Speech by French President Emmanuel Macron, in a game of reflections proposed by Agence France-Presse, this Monday, April 17, 2023. AFP - SEBASTIEN BOZON

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Emmanuel Macron tried to regain control on Monday, April 17, after promulgating the pension reform that has been shaking the France for months. In a televised address, the head of state expressed his wishes for the end of this five-year term. The main reactions.

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Two worlds currently coexist. After the speech of the French president, his Prime Minister said that Emmanuel Macron had formulated his intentions "forcefully", and that she would present next week "the roadmap" of his government.

Stéphane Séjourné, secretary general of Renaissance, followed suit: the party will help "respond to the concerns expressed by our fellow citizens in recent months while building a more independent country, a more just and united nation in a stronger Europe".

This President of the Republic has difficulty hearing us, listening to us. So what we said was that we would not meet him if he enacted the law.

Céline Verzeletti, de la CGT

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Sacha Houlié, Renaissance MP, also communicated: "The projects presented by the president correspond to the demands of our fellow citizens. We will be there, alongside the Prime Minister, to make these promises a reality," he said.

For the rest, it is hallali against the relative majority. On the left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, of La France insoumise, called Macron "unreal." "Completely out of reality" according to him, the president "assumes the theft of two years of freedom. The pans sound more accurate.

We didn't expect much, and we're not disappointed. What I remember is that he stirred a lot of wind and sent a lot of contempt.

Simon Duteil, from the organization Solidaires

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A play on words by Olivier Faure of the Socialist Party: "From the palace of the bogged down, the pyromaniac president promises a hundred days to extinguish the fire he feeds daily." Fabien Roussel, national secretary of the PCF: "Those who did not listen lost nothing.

The ecologists went there with their reaction, with Cyrielle Chatelain, leader of the EELV deputies, for whom "Emmanuel Macron announces nothing, changes nothing. It does not take the measure of the anger or the extent of the social and environmental crisis.

We were treated to a summary of macronism in a few minutes. It means that the president changes absolutely nothing, or even accelerates.

Benoît Teste, du syndicat FSU

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Even Eric Ciotti, head of the movement Les Républicains, although favorable to the pension reform, "welcomes with skepticism this long catalogue of pious wishes that brings neither direction nor novelty, despite objectives as laudable as obvious".

Still on the right, Marine Le Pen, of the National Rally, believes that by announcing the withdrawal of the reform or a referendum, "Emmanuel Macron could have rebuilt the link with the French tonight. He again chose to turn his back on them and ignore their suffering.

France: out of the majority, Macron's speech is unanimously against her

France: out of the majority, Macron's speech is unanimously against her

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