The French "monster" who threatens Emmanuel Macron

The movement called "yellow jackets", which begins to spread beyond French borders, has led the French president to yield but shows no sign of cooling. After the fourth consecutive Saturday of demonstrations, the revolt with Emmanuel Macron intensifies. According to the Portuguese newspaper Público, he meant to be a president "Jupiter" – in reference to Jupiter, the king of gods in Roman mythology, someone who would be above the politicians (the rejection of the traditional parties that the pushed for victory and victory). absolute majority in the National Assembly) and would undertake ambitious reforms, without yielding to the pressure of the street, which fell to the ground.

Macron is accused of being the "president of the rich", after ending the tax on large fortunes, proceed to the "reform" of the pension system and the reduction of public spending . The yellow jackets – the ones that are mandatory in cars to use in case of breakdown or accident – no longer just want the government to commit not to increase fuel rates, but also to better wages and less precariousness of employment. According to official figures, about 125,000 people appeared Saturday (8) throughout France, including 8,000 in Paris.

According to the public, the President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, announced that Macron break the silence and speak earlier this week. It is unclear when or in what form, if it is not that the President did not want to talk before Saturday "not to throw more fuel on the fire" and further complicate the situation. "He wants to control the timing of his interventions," said a member of the team at Le Parisien newspaper, anonymously, stressing that the idea was to retain "the effect of surprise".

Hypotheses of Macron

It remains to be seen what will be said and if that will be enough to prevent new demonstrations next Saturday. "For him, this is not an episode like any other.It is a crisis with deep roots, due to the degree of discomfort expressed.It is also a moral crisis.It is crazy to have to call for calm, whereas it should have been a democratic reflection on the part of all parties, "said a Parisian source of Elisha.

According to the Público, Macron has two hypotheses. On one side, he can make more concessions, becoming even more fragile and at the mercy of others who want to go out on the street. On the other hand, he can maintain the position of strength by recalling the need for dialogue, which may impose a greater division between yellow jackets (which were never a homogeneous group).

The problem, says Público, is that the other side has no valid interlocutor: the movement was born and grew up in social networks without clear leaders. In addition, he escaped those who launched the first calls for protest, with reports of infiltrations by far-right and far-left members more interested in the end. of the system and the overthrow of the government. The movement "created a monster," said Interior Minister Christophe Castaner.

Macron could still play with the hope that the demonstrations that began nearly a month ago are running out of steam, betting that support for yellow vests is starting to fade. public opinion, scenes of violence and vandalism are repeated. Nevertheless, this can be a risk: 66% of French respondents to an Ifop poll for Sud Radio last week said they supported the move. But the popularity of the president is at the lowest: 18%.

In the streets, protesters shout "Macron, resignation". But the Prime Minister, Édouard Philippe, is expected to fall, its popularity being slightly higher (21%) after signs of divisions have appeared between them. Philippe announced a suspension of the increase of six months.

Left and Right

Philippe announced a suspension of the six-month increase. fees in the National Assembly. Time would be used to think of a more equitable way of introducing this rate. But Macron went further, less than five hours later, canceling the rate increase. François de Rugy, minister of ecological transition, told BFM-TV studios: "So there is no cheating, no cheating … I spoke to the president a few minutes ago on the phone, he said to me, "People had the impression that there was a trickery, that we told them that it was d & # 39; a suspension, but that he would come back later. "

Macron spokesman Benjamin Griveaux called on" political and union forces, patronage, to make a clear and explicit call for calm. "In addition, the French president criticized the violence demonstrations in the city of Puy-en-Velay, where protesters used Molotv badtails to burn down the building of the city hall." Macron wrote on his Twitter account that nothing justifies violence, "said Macron.

According to the German press network Deutsche Welle, Macron's request for peace was approved by other parliamentarians. Muriel Penicaud said that sparking chaos "does nothing to solve the problems." Interior Minister Christopher Castaner called the protesters "responsible" not to participate in the protests.

Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias, left and right parliamentarians took advantage of the fragility of Macron, criticize its management Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the left-wing legend "France Insubmissa", said that the country was "in a state of general insubmission". As well as the leader of the right-wing Republican Party, Christian Jacob, who has declared that the "real culprit" of the chaos that France is experiencing "lies at Eliseu", in reference to the palace of the Elysee, seat of the French executive.

From the writing of the red portal with the agencies