On the eve of the joint joint commission which will try to develop a common version of the pension reform, Emmanuel Macron seems calm and continues to believe in it. If the Head of State is playing his five-year term on this bill, the bet is also risky for Élisabeth Borne who is playing her political future.
Only one day left before the pension reform is examined in a joint joint committee and two days before its return to the Senate and then to the National Assembly. Vote or 49.3, if the executive favors the first option, the forced passage is not ruled out because today it has no assurance of obtaining an absolute majority on this text.
“She linked her destiny to the pension reform”
A real headache for the Prime Minister, who beyond the reform, is also playing her political future. 10 months after her appointment, the moment is decisive for Élisabeth Borne who is playing her role this week. And it is members of her government who say it, “she has linked her destiny to the pension reform”. “If she fails, she would lose all credit in the eyes of the President,” predicted one of her ministers.
It must be said that last May, her promotion from the Ministry of Labor to the Hôtel de Matignon, was partly explained in the ranks of the Macronists by her reputation as a politician, experienced in consultation and social dialogue, without bombast or animosity. . Assets, which in the event of a setback in the Assembly on Thursday, would immediately turn against it.
“We need a much more political figure”
Behind the scenes, some no longer hesitate to assume the hypothesis of an imminent departure even if the reform is adopted. “The President’s popularity rating is very low. Bollard does not act as a lightning rod”, analyzes a heavyweight of the majority. “We have no course. We need a much more political figure,” insists an adviser. Because it is indeed the question of the continuation of the quinquennium which arises for Emmanuel Macron… Of the new impetus that he will have to try to breathe, once this political sequence is closed.
Source: Europe1
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