“Deep down, we are experiencing the end of what might seem like an abundance, that of free liquidity (…) The scarcity of this or that material or technology, such as water, is reappearing.” For 24 hours, Emmanuel Macron’s statements, made this Wednesday in the introduction to the Council of Ministers, agitate the opposition, which considers them disconnected from the reality of the French’s day-to-day life.
future “sacrifices”
Speaking of a “series of serious crises”, of a moment of “great change” or “great upheaval”, the Head of State seems to want to “prepare people’s minds for measures, reforms and decisions that will call the French to efforts, to sacrifices”, analyzes Matthieu Croissandeau, political columnist for BFMTV.
According to Philippe Corbé, head of our political service, who cites members of the government and the Elysee, the President of the Republic did not mean to say that the French lived in abundance in the strict sense. According to his entourage, Emmanuel Macron mentioned in particular the “abundance” of energy, undermined since the start of the war in Ukraine, which began just six months ago.
After a summer marked by extreme weather events -fires, deadly storms, drought-, the Head of State also addressed the issue of water. Currently, more than 110 municipalities lack drinking water in France.
Reforms, end of “whatever it takes”
Les mois à come s’annoncent donc difficiles, marqués por l’arrivée de réformes contestées.. Dans un premier temps, le plan sobriété, dont la premiere minister Élisabeth Borne is going to announce the contours devant l’université d’été du Medef, à The end of the month. On the economic front, by evoking the end of “free cash”, the president seems to sound the end of “whatever it takes”, according to Matthieu Croissandeau, particularly in terms of energy.
Finally, with the reforms of theunemployment insurance and the withdrawalsEmmanuel Macron prepares the French to “work more”.
Source: BFM TV
