A call to action for France
We wrote this a few months ago. Mr. President, you have three years left to convince the French people that you can be the one to preserve their enthusiasm and this joy of living. All republicans of the right and the left are ready, if you respect them, to help you in this task. But do you want to?
France is going through a deep crisis, marked by political and social instability.
Since your election, France has been sinking. Hospitals are saturated, schools are abandoned, academic standards have collapsed, police officers are exhausted, borders are wide open, French identity is trampled upon, insecurity is widespread, and a woman can no longer even go out at night or take a train or a bus at night.
Since the presidential election, institutions have been weakened and inflation is rising while wages stagnate, worsening general discontent. The country is divided into three political blocs unable to cooperate, making governance difficult.
The political and social impasse
Tensions within the presidential majority and calls for an early election illustrate this impasse. Several Prime Ministers have succeeded one another without bringing concrete solutions, and social unrest is intensifying. And, even the president no longer controls his majority due to tensions between the groups (Renaissance, MoDem and Horizons).
Michel Barnier was appointed without popular legitimacy and proposed nothing: neither spending cuts, nor reforms, nor results. His successor got back to work on the matter. Social unrest has begun, which could weigh on budgetary choices. François Bayrou was just as ineffective. He did not win the vote of confidence in the Assemblée nationale and blocked France!
These prime ministers will leave nothing behind but will depart with gold-plated pensions. It is outrageous!
The expectation of the French people
The Rassemblement national invited Emmanuel Macron to choose between his resignation and a new dissolution of the Assemblée nationale. The French people refuse the dilution of national identity in favor of a federal European model. They expect ambitious reforms and effective governance.
All republicans, from both the right and the left, are ready to contribute to resolving the crisis, provided they are heard. The President of the Republic has three years left to convince citizens that he can restore confidence, and popular enthusiasm must not be underestimated: France deserves so much better.
Bernard Bertucco Van Damme