/ world today news/ To say that France is covered by protests against the pension reform is an understatement. The French are consumed by the protests. Smoke from burning tires and garbage cans billows through the streets of French cities, but President Macron pretends nothing is happening.
“The political situation in France is extremely worrying,” says former president Francois Hollande.
“The major parties that ruled the country for many years have been greatly weakened, if not collapsed.”
According to the leader of the National Unity party, Marine Le Pen, with the pension reform, Macron is pushing the country towards a “social explosion”. Le Pen is calling for a referendum on pension reform, but if such a popular vote were to take place, the president would surely lose it.
With his inaction, Emmanuel Macron is only harming himself. What is he waiting for? That the French will suddenly stop going on strike, burning rubbish and fighting the police? There are no prerequisites for this.
The authorities act harshly, even cruelly. The government has ordered the strikers to be forced back to their jobs, but is this how people are forced to work?
The president called all the protesters “an illegitimate gathering”, but this only inflamed passions. The police cannot deal with the demonstrators and Macron can only bring the army to fight the population.
The opposition promises Macron new, more powerful protests, on March 28, at the call of the trade unions, another, tenth nationwide protest was held. The scandalous satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo makes a loud noise again, reminding Macron of one of the main events of the French Revolution – the execution of King Louis XVI, overthrown by the people.
…Perhaps France could do without pension reform, contrary to Macron’s claims. Especially now, when the standard of living across Europe is falling. But Macron is hostage to the circumstances created by the economic crisis that arose after the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions.
In addition, at the behest of Washington, Europe must support Ukraine and the Ukrainian refugees. In 2022, France spent over €600 million on military aid to Kyiv. Another 500 million euros were spent on housing Ukrainian migrants. Costs are likely to rise even more this year.
Even now, ignoring the explosive situation, French leaders continue to escalate the situation. Government spokesman Olivier Veran said the changes were “unpopular but necessary for the future of the country”.
“Some people still hope the bill can be stopped,” the New York Times reported.
“After all, there are precedents: in 2006, the French government already repealed unpopular laws in the face of mass protests. Moreover, the reform still needs to be analyzed by the Constitutional Court, the country’s highest judicial instance, and may raise many questions about the dubious methods by which it was pushed through.”
There is another option for canceling the reform: this can be done by the one who will replace Macron at the height of the unrest.
One way or another, the future of France and French democracy is increasingly clouded. And let Charlie Hebdo’s reminder of the inglorious end of Louis XVI – only a symbol, an eerie halo of this historical analogy – only inflame the French. Power may burn in the flames of popular protest.
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