Europe 1 11:00 a.m., December 31, 2023
As Emmanuel Macron will present his wishes to the French for the year 2024 this Sunday evening, what can we expect for the three and a half years that will mark the end of the president's mandates? Invited to the Grand Rendez-vous, the philosopher and author Michel Onfray, brings his analysis and according to him, "things will happen, because it is not possible for people to suffer so much for three years".This Sunday evening, President Emmanuel Macron will, as he does every year, present his wishes to the French for the new year, and announce the major projects that will mark the country in 2024. But, after nearly six years in power, marked by numerous crises, what could the end of Emmanuel Macron's second term look like? Invited to the Grand Rendez-vous d'Europe 1/ CNews/ Les Echos, Michel Onfray, philosopher, author of the book Le fétiche et la marchandise, returned to the subject. According to him, "things are going to happen, because it is not possible that for three years people can suffer so much."
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According to Michel Onfray, unlike Jacques Chirac, Emmanuel Macron could not say that he "loves the French" during his New Year's address. "When Jacques Chirac says it, he means it and people know he's telling the truth because they've seen it, he wasn't forcing himself. If Macron says 'I love the French', no one is going to believe him," said the author of the book Theory of Jesus.
"When you've lost all your credit, speech is demonetized"
If the philosopher says he "expects nothing" from the president's wishes this Sunday evening, he considers that "when one has lost all one's credit, speech is demonetized". While the country is going through a political crisis, Michel Onfray does not believe in the resignation of the president who, according to him, "loves power too much". "He knows very well that if he dissolves the National Assembly, the National Rally will make a considerable vote and Jordan Bardella will be prime minister," he said.
Michel Onfray also fears revolts, or large-scale demonstrations, because "I believe that at some point, if you don't listen to people, they will come forward," he said. "I believe in democracy, in the Republic and I believe that politics should not be done in the streets. If we don't want it to take place in the streets, it has to take place where it's supposed to be: there's a National Assembly, a Senate, we ask the public who confirms or doesn't confirm. And if he doesn't confirm, [the president] leaves," he concluded at the microphone of the Grand Rendez-vous.