In his eyes, the government has multiplied the "mistakes". In an interview with BFMTV this Sunday, François Hollande had a hard time against Emmanuel Macron and his government. In question, of course, the pension reform against which the demonstrators were revived after the use of article 49.3 of the Constitution, and the speech of Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday.
To explain this situation, François Hollande listed the faults he attributes to his successor as well as to the government of Elisabeth Borne. First mistake: timing. This reform comes "at the worst time in a context of high inflation, necessarily amputated purchasing power and concern because there is a war in Ukraine", judges the former head of state. The socialist also taps on the very content of the reform: "When you propose a pension reform that requires effort from those who worked hard and early and nothing from those who have the highest incomes, it is also a misinterpretation . »
Finally, the one who governed from 2012 to 2017 also criticizes a "communication error", deploring that the president preferred to discuss with the Republicans rather than with the unions. These same unions that he pinned during his speech on Wednesday, adding fuel to the fire: "We were waiting for the President of the Republic so that he could calm the situation and he exacerbated with more words unpleasant for the leaders of the CFDT. »
In the last year of his mandate, François Hollande also experienced the wrath of the street, during demonstrations hostile to the labor law also known as the "El Khomri law". To be adopted, article 49.3 of the Constitution had been drawn twice by Manuel Valls, Prime Minister at the time.
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