This close friend of Emmanuel Macron claims that this is a position he has “always held”, and does not concern 2027.
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Richard Ferrand calms the game. The former President of the National Assembly held, Monday, June 19, to clarify his remarks of the day before at Figaro where he “regret” that Emmanuel Macron could not represent himself and suggested “to change” the constitutional provisions. In a tweet published Monday morning, this close friend of Emmanuel Macron judges “appalling to see social networks and lazy media agitating on a stupid proposal that I do not make”. During a passage on Sud Radio, he then assured that ” Onne [changeait] not the rules during the match”. “It makes no sense”.
“My point was not to say that we had to change the rules in view of 2027, but that, in general, we had to allow our democracy, in my opinion, to breathe better, leaving in all circumstances, the last word to voters”he developed. “It is a position that I have always held, that I still hold today, but which is not circumstantial, which is a conviction”he said again.
Critics left and right
Asked by the daily to find out if he regretted that Emmanuel Macron could not stand for re-election in 2027, this very close to the Head of State replied: “Our Constitution so provides. However, personally, I regret anything that restricts the free expression of popular sovereignty (…). Let’s change all that by preserving bicameralism and the Constitutional Council”.
These remarks then aroused criticism on the left as well as on the right. ” And why not restore the Empire with Macron 1st? Richard Ferrand, the face of Macronie’s autocratic drift”reacted the leader of the LFI deputies Mathilde Panot. “For some the Sixth Republic looks more like the Restoration or the Empire”abounded the First Secretary of the PS Olivier Faure.
“Amend the Constitution to allow ourselves to stay in power… the last two to have done so are called Xi Jinping and Vladimir Poutine… so this is Emmanuel Macron’s ‘democratic’ plan?”for his part, snagged Senator LR Alain Houpert.