retirement, riots, immigration… Emmanuel Macron’s eventful year

2023, stormy year for the head of state, which began with a widely contested pension reform. Despite very strong mobilization for more than three months, the law passed the National Assembly, but with 49-3. Emmanual Macron lost the battle of public opinion at the start of his second five-year term. The retirement fire extinguished, another one started again in the summer with the riots in the suburbs. After the death of a young man during a police check, a series of clashes with the forces oforder broke out throughout France.

2024 full of appointments

But the hottest issue of 2023 came at the end of the year, with the immigration bill. First rejected, the reform was finally voted on after long negotiations and saw the Rassembnationally take advantage of the sequence. A warning for 2024, while some in the majority are calling for a takeover.

The coming yeart promises to be rich in political, sporting and memorial events. Events from which Emmanuel Macron could take advantage of to breathe new life into his five-year term.