“Our system based on freedom in which we have become accustomed to living, sometimes, when we have to defend it, can mean making sacrifices,” the president added.
For Macron, the current moment “may seem structured by a series of serious crises” and by what could be “the end of abundance”, “of evidence” and “of carelessness”. “For my part, I think that what we are experiencing is rather of the order of a great upheaval or a great change,” added the 44-year-old president, whose first term was also marked by social protests and the pandemic.
On the agenda for the coming months are challenges such as “energy sobriety” and the ecological transition, and his plans to resume the unemployment reform, at a time when he does not have an absolute parliamentary majority. One of the key issues will be the renewal of the electricity and gas price ceilings that expire at the end of the year, as well as the reduction in fuel prices, which together have contributed to keeping French inflation lower than that of many countries of the European Union, but which weigh heavily on public finances. The reform of pension schemes and unemployment benefits is also underway and could trigger street protests.
“We will oppose these new sacrifices,” said Philippe Martínez, head of the CGT union,
Source: Ambito
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