“I’m not going to be re-elected, I can’t do that under the constitution,” Macron said. According to him, he does not run after the hearings. “If I have to face unpopularity, I’m ready,” said the president. According to him, between the momentary opinion polls and the interests of the country, he will choose the latter.
It should be noted that due to the adoption of the pension reform, its rating has already fallen. Only 28% of French people expressed their support for Macron, according to polls taken in early March, that is to say even before the vote in Parliament, finally canceled, was supposed to take place. The situation was only worse at the height of the actions of the “yellow vests” at the end of 2018. Today, 70% of French people evaluate his work unsatisfactorily.
Remember that the French authorities intend to implement a pension reform by the end of the year, which consists of raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. At the very stage of discussion of this reform, a wave of strikes and protests swept the country. On March 16, the parliament was to vote on the relevant bill, but at the last moment the government decided to use Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows the law to be approved without discussion or a vote in the ‘National Assembly. In response, thousands of French people took to the streets. The question of a vote of no confidence in the government was raised in parliament, but the initiative did not receive the necessary support.
