“Mr. Macron senses the danger, he makes believe that he is going to set up a contraption and listen to the French”, reacted Saturday June 4 on franceinfo Alexis Corbière, deputy La France insoumise of Seine-Saint-Denis. In an interview with the regional press Emmanuel Macron made some announcements, just over a week before the first round of the legislative elections. In particular, he announces the entry into force of the pension reform from the summer of 2023 or the creation of a “National Council for Refoundation”. “It’s a national manipulation council”attacked the rebellious deputy.
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franceinfo: Emmanuel Macron wants to set up a “National Council for Refoundation”. Is this a good thing?
Alexis Corbiere: It’s a National Council of manipulation, it’s ridiculous. He set up a Citizen’s Convention on the climate which he did not even respect. Mr. Macron senses the danger. We are ahead in the polls. He does a long, extremely talkative interview where he doesn’t say much and he pretends he’s going to set up a contraption in which the authoritarian Macron No. 1, who hasn’t listened to the French, is going this time listen to them. It doesn’t work that way.
The pension reform “will come into force from the summer of 2023”, declared Emmanuel Macron. What do you think ?
There will not be this retreat, it is not necessary. This shows that he does not want to consult since he already has the schedule in mind. I remind you that this reform, everyone is against. You can see that he doesn’t want to listen to anyone. The Council of orientation of the pensions, the COR, considers that we do not need to set up this reform, that the pensions are financed.
Emmanuel Macron declares that no political party can impose a name on the president, even a party that would win the legislative elections. What do you think ?
It’s worrying, he has a problem with democracy. No President of the Republic can impose on 577 deputies a Prime Minister whom the deputies do not want. He has an authoritarian vision, so Mr. Macron is worrying when he says that.
“What does he intend to do? Impose a Prime Minister on a majority? I do not understand what Emmanuel Macron is playing at, if not a totally unbridled, almost ridiculous presidentialism, contrary in my opinion to the spirit of democracy or that of our institutions.”
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He does not have the right. He can’t impose any of his friends or anything other than the agreement we have. François Mitterrand, beaten in 86, appointed Jacques Chirac, leader of the opposition, because Mitterrand was a democrat. Why would Macron have a new silhouette of someone who, whatever happens, continues to be the leader? No, 577 deputies is stronger than one man. I invite voters to sanction this clearly.
The president is also attacking the Nupes program. What do you answer him?
Can we talk. Should profits not be taxed? This is the major disagreement I have with Emmanuel Macron. It is sure that with him fortunes accumulate like never before. After Emmanuel Macron’s five-year term, the 5 richest fortunes own as much as 40% of the poorest population, 27 million people. So, yes, you have to tax. In the program of the Nupes, we will tax the greatest fortunes to redistribute the wealth to have better schools, efficient public services. We are going to ban things.
“Emmanuel Macron forbids nothing, lets the market take its course, taxes nothing and lets wealth accumulate. There is Macron’s lax program and there is that of Mélenchon. Macron plays the scarecrow to sparrows but the French aren’t fools and they get it.”
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