To absent subscribers. While pension reform has been on everyone’s lips since the start of 2023, Emmanuel Macron had not raised the subject publicly since his election. At the dawn of the ninth day of mobilization against the bill, and while article 49 paragraph 3 of the Constitution was used to force the text through, the Head of State addressed the Frenchwomen and to the French. This Wednesday, March 22, 2023, he answered questions from Julian Bugier and Marie-Sophie Lacarrau on the set of the 1 p.m. newspapers of TF1 and France 2.
Initially, the President of the Republic reaffirmed his desire to see the reform applied, although it does not make him “pleasure”. “As I speak to you, do you think that makes me happy? No. I could have done like my predecessors and put the dust under the rug,” he said.
Before justifying himself as follows: “It’s not a luxury, it’s not a pleasure, but it’s a necessity for the country (..) There were 10 million retirees when I started working , there are 17 million today”. Between confidence in his Prime Minister, question of the arduousness and unpopularity of the reform, Emmanuel Macron evoked several burning subjects. Planet has summarized the 5 key points of this interview in the slideshow below.
Emmanuel Macron’s interview ended with the next work of the executive for the continuation of the mandate of the President of the Republic. The latter notably mentioned “full employment, the republican order, and better living”, as well as the ecological transition. The head of state also added that the executive had “huge ambitions” for school and health.
