On this day of votes on the motions of censure in the Assembly, the foreign media are wondering about the continuation of the mandate of the French president in a political climate considered to be very volatile.
“It’s another day of political drama in France”this is what the Vanguardia in Barcelona. “A test day”, adds Politico Europe, with the vote on these two motions of censure. The subject is eclipsed by the meeting Vladimir Putin – Xi Jinping in Moscow. But the articles are nevertheless numerous, in particular to dissect the institutional mechanisms in France.
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The BBC explains for example what seems surprising for a Briton accustomed to the parliamentary system: even if the motions of censure were adopted, it would not bring down Emmanuel Macron, but only his government. Seen from London, it is a strangeness. El Paísin Madrid, goes further: “Officiallywrites the newspaper, the vote is directed against the government and pension reform; but in reality the real target is Emmanuel Macron whose level of popularity is at an all-time low.” “This is the biggest challenge to Emmanuel Macron’s authority since the yellow vests in 2018”adds the Qatari channel Al Jazeera.
The ‘anger’ is directed at the president
The subject for the foreign press is therefore Emmanuel Macron. Evidenced by this title of Spiegel German: Wut auf Macron. Anger against Macron. Anger against Macron is also the formula used by the New York Times. For the American newspaper, this anger “intensified” After “the passage in force on the reforms”. “The climate is volatile” adds the daily. And it’s all a bit like that. “Even if the fall of the executive is unlikely, the discontent of the street could be exacerbated” estimates the Vanguardia. Same tone in the Suddeutsche Zeitung from Munich: “The calm does not return, the resistance does not stop.”
Note also this analysis by Joelle Meeskens of the Evening from Brussels : “Macron does not regret anything, observes our colleague, he hopes to pass the obstacle and resume the thread of the quinquennium. He plans to address the French but to say what?”.= Perhaps to propose new reforms, “less unpopular: on health, education, ecology”. But specifies Joelle Meeskens, “the Elysée is monitoring the social movement like milk on the fire […] a very strong tension is palpable in the four corners of the country.”
Marine Le Pen beneficiary of the crisis
Our neighbors are also wondering about the rest and wondering who will pull the chestnuts from the fire. For The Tribune of Genevathere is little doubt: it is Marine Le Pen who “take advantage of the 49.3 crisis”. Because she was able to get the RN group in the National Assembly to adopt a “measured attitude” And “not to filibuster”. The National Rally, writes the Swiss newspaper, “is in a strong position to recover anger” when “France is entering days tinged with uncertainty […] regardless of the results of votes on motions of censure”.