World News: Emmanuel Macron Faces a Fall Fire of Criticism

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Category: World News - Europe

Published on Monday, 29 August 2022 14:23

Written by Olivier Longhi

French President Emmanuel Macron understands he will face a salvo of criticism on purchasing power, the climate emergency, crisis mismanagement all of which appear to have become an unbreachable wall as he begins his second term.

After a hot and arid summer, back to school promises to be busy. Between the discontent of teachers, a purchasing power eroded by the rise in the cost of energy, the effects of drought on agricultural activity and geopolitical instabilities, the Government and the President of the Republic are preparing for a turbulent autumn. After a summer of crisis management linked to the various episodes of heat waves and parallel fires, the time for action and decisions is taking shape.

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Brocaded for having been elected by default and not having been able to give in the first days, or even first weeks of his mandate, a clear line of action, Emmanuel Macron is now at the foot of the wall with the obligation to act and act quickly.

And what's more! The situation in the country, both from a social, economic, and environmental point of view, requires it at the highest level. Now it's over with procrastination, summer jet ski trips on the Big Blue or declarations about the end of abundance that have only had the effect of raising an already irritated opinion.

New Method

If the Government of Elisabeth Borne has already made its comeback with several announcements concerning inflation, super profits, and the environment to name only the most emblematic, all, including the Government, are waiting for the President re-elected in the spring to make his mark by the new method so vaunted during the presidential campaign.

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This is also the Gordian knot of this new five-year term, namely, is there room for a new method in a country, despite the various acts of decentralization, which remains fundamentally Jacobin? Concretely, accused by some of being too Jupiterian in his practice during his first term, the President of the Republic is invited to show more humility and roundness in his style during the semester.

He still has many months to comply, but this penalty is not an obligation because, as specified in the Constitution, the re-elected President will not be able to stand for a third term. Humility could, however, be very useful to the Government which, in the National Assembly, is walking on eggshells, being able to rely only on a relative majority and alliances of circumstances to be carefully weighed before being concluded at the risk of seeing the street ignite. From a hot and arid summer, the executive will probably have no respite by opening an autumn sequence that could prove even hotter.

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The oppositions, whether on the right or the left, are waiting for the opening of parliamentary work at the beginning of October in, and it is their role and their raison d'être, to shoot red bullets at the government's policy and thus continue the momentum initiated after the re-election of Emmanuel Macron.

Does this mean that the five-year term will be composed of an endless series of conflicts between majority and opposition?

However, these confrontations, calmed by the summer break which was not really one because it made it possible to measure how much global warming was altering the France far from being ready to manage it in the years to come, promise to be the most violent. One more fire to extinguish.

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Bio: Olivier Longhi has extensive experience in European history. A seasoned journalist with fifteen years of experience, he is currently professor of history and geography in the Toulouse region of France. He has held a variety of publishing positions, including Head of Agency and Chief of Publishing. A journalist, recognized blogger, editor, and editorial project manager, he has trained and managed editorial teams, worked as a journalist for various local radio stations, a press and publishing consultant, and a communications consultant.