Ukraine, company subjects, pensions, public finances … Emmanuel Macron has an appointment with the French in A large format show this Tuesday evening on TF1. The head of state will answer for two and a half hours, from 8:10 p.m., to the questions of presenter Gilles Bouleau, from personalities from civil society and French in “Emmanuel Macron – the challenges of France”.
After crossing the desert following the dissolution of the National Assembly, the president continues his company to reconquer opinion. He thus intends to show that he has regained his hand and is again essential in the internal political field, when his Prime Minister François Bayrou appears more and more overshadowed.
Since the return of Donald Trump to the White House, Emmanuel Macron has been posed again in leaders of Europeans, especially to Ukraine where he went on Saturday, Next to the German, British and Polish leaders. Political gains that he hopes to make fruit at home, after having reached unpopularity records last fall in the wake of failed dissolution.
The question of the referendum
In this program, He could cut down the referendum carda temptation often expressed since 2017 but never followed by effect. He had already indicated during his wishes for 2025 that the French would be led to “decide” On determining subjects. A temptation all the greater since the government has no majority in the Assembly.
Emmanuel Macron would think of several simultaneous questions, on various themes, to exceed the use of this tool that no president has dared to draw since 2005 and the victory of the “no” over the European Constitution. Children’s screen time, end of lifeterritorial reform, immigration… Speculations are going well on possible subjects, and their feasibility, while the exercise remains very supervised.
According to article 11 of the Constitution, voters must decide on or against a bill on the “organization of public authorities”, “reforms relating to economic, social or environmental policy” or “tending to authorize the ratification of a treaty”.
The French are for their part mostly favorable (83 %) to the organization of a referendum and place the economypensions and immigration at the top of the subjects on which they would like to be questioned, according to an Elabe for BFMTV poll published on Sunday.
Assessment and perspectives
Three days later His trip to kyivthe head of state will also be eagerly awaited on Ukraine, while events seem to accelerate with a possible meeting at the top Thursday in Istanbul, in the presence of Donald Trump.
Three years after his re -election, He will also defend his assessment And draw up “prospects because he remains two years in mandate”, argues those around him.
The president will be surrounded by 100 m2 of screens on which the secretary general of the CGT Sophie Binet will intervene on the pension reform, the Youtubeur Tibo Inshape on sport at school, Journalist Charles Biétrysuffering from Charcot’s disease, at the end of life, Cécile Duflot, director of the NGO to fight against Oxfam inequalities, on a possible tax on heritage.
A weightlifting will challenge him on wearing the veil, specifies TF1 on his website. As well as journalist Salomé saqué on the environment and the mayor of Béziers Robert Ménard on security.
