There are victories that have the taste of defeat, and the adoption of the pension reform following the rejection of motions of censure against the government of Elisabeth Borne is one of them, to read the French press this Tuesday morning. Together, the international press is also worried about the consequences, in the near future, of this unprecedented situation.
“Elisabeth Borne, saved but defeated”, thus titles “Liberation”, which notes “a victory with a bitter taste for the executive, plunged into a political crisis”. The president and his Prime Minister “have for two months, by poorly defending a botched project, demonstrated their amateurism”, underlines Paul Quinio in his editorial. “They will have, as rarely, weakened a Parliament that did not need that. It was necessary to restore its image. They did the opposite, ”he tackles.
Same story on the side of “The Republic of the Pyrenees”, which highlights “a victory to the taste of defeat”. “The government has not fallen, but it is anything but a victory and the crisis remains open”, advances the editorialist Jean-Marcel Bouguereau. He rather believes that this is “a new slap in the face for the Prime Minister, because he will have missed only nine votes to bring down his government”.
The daily close to the Communist Party “L’Humanité” crosses its front page with a single word: “UNTENABLE”. It paints a portrait of a weakened government and reports on a “battle against pension reform” which continues in the country. “So here is the president against the country,” grinds Maurice Ulrich in his editorial. “The king is naked”, he continues, “with him, it is the very image of politics that is permanently damaged”.
The liberal “L’Opinion” makes poetry with a sufficient rhyme – “Bollard on borrowed time, the crisis is hardening” – and a caricature showing the difficult and destructive landing of the reform. Emphasizing a government rescue “in a pocket handkerchief”, Caroline Vigoureux points out that ” the majority, already bruised by the use of 49.3, is sounded “.
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And the front page of the “Midi Libre” to indicate, perplexed, “It pes, but…”. “The failure of the two motions of censure tabled against the government has solved absolutely nothing. Worse. This rejection fractured the political cl a little more, reduced the legitimacy of the Prime Minister, accentuated the determination of the opponents, ”lists the editorialist Jean-Michel Servant.
And now what am I going to do…
“And now, what can Emmanuel Macron do? “, questions for its part” Le Figaro “, which notes” the impe “in which the government finds itself. The rejection of the motion of censure constitutes in fact “a parliamentary victory […]but in the form of a reprieve for the executive which marks only one stage in the deep crisis that France is currently going through, ”adds the right-wing daily.
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An observation shared by “L’Est Républicain”. “It’s always a dead end,” notes Benoît Gaudibert in his editorial. “The cards are in the hand of Emmanuel Macron, more unpopular than ever. […] On the side of the government as on the side of the unions, everyone is looking for the unobtainable way out of the social and political crisis that is plaguing the country. »
“Les Echos” is therefore interested in the “challenges of the future”, preferring to display on the front page the President of the Republic – who “is looking for ways to bounce back” – rather than his Prime Minister. In his titled “Fact of the Day” “A crisis, what crisis? » , Cécile Cornudet underlines that Emmanuel Macron wants to “resume the course of his five-year term as if nothing had happened”. To the chagrin of some of his ministers and in his majority, she concludes.
The echoes
International pessimism on the continuation of the quinquennium
The international press draws up a similar essment of the situation in France and is also worried about the social consequences of this forced page. According to New York Times correspondent Roger Cohen, a period of deep uncertainty opens for France, and it is unclear how Emmanuel Macron, who has remained largely silent, will be able to reert his authority.
In Italy, the spotlight is on social mobilization. The demonstrators “do not expect promises, words, adjustments” from Emmanuel Macron, exposes “La Stampa”. “They are simply asking for the ‘withdrawal’ of the pension reform”. But “at the Elysée, the only decision taken for the moment seems to have been to sleep one more night”, ironically the daily, referring to the consultation between the Head of State and the Prime Minister which takes place this Tuesday morning.
The German “Die Welt” points the finger at “the clumsy, if not arrogant actions of the government and the silent president”, which, according to the correspondent in Paris, Martina Meister, “has caused a serious governmental and democratic crisis”. “A repetition of the yellow vests crisis cannot be ruled out,” she predicts.
The flagship project of pension reforms will have consequences for the rest of his term, believes for its part the “Time Magazine”. “Macron’s approach to the unrest could aggravate the French leader’s recent difficulties”, analyzes Vivienne Walt. “More general legislative files, such as immigration investment, aid to Ukraine and climate, could all come up against a wall of anger in the ranks of lawmakers, many of whom abhor pension reform.”
With AFP