After the promulgation of the unpopular pension reform, the executive does not intend to slow down. Quite the contrary. Emmanuel Macron is determined to speed up on several subjects such as immigration or purchasing power. During his speech on Monday, April 17, he gave himself “100 days” to act “in the service of France”.

“The objective that we must give ourselves is that the complete agenda of the negotiations be defined in the coming weeks, the coming months, in a solid way”, and “that we give you the time for the negotiation , I would say until the end of this year, to be able to build this pact”, declared the president at the opening of this meeting. For their part, the unions have asked for a “decency period” before a possible next interview.

In the meantime, the tenors of the government have combed the morning radio and television, this Tuesday morning, to approach the various sites mentioned, the day before, by the head of state.

On LCI, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin wanted “a strong project” on immigration, postponed due to social protest and in the absence of a guarantee of the LR vote. “I’m sure with the Republicans we can agree on this issue,” he thinks he knows. Republicans who have been challenged by various articles on seniors, one of the conditions they had imposed to vote for pension reform.

For his part, Budget Minister Gabriel Attal, interviewed on France Inter, pledged to “continue to build a Marshall Plan for the middle classes” with “measures to make a better living from his work”, but also “a better access to public service”.

On BFMTV, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire meanwhile announced that he intended to “accelerate the pace of debt reduction” of France to avoid “throwing money out the window” in times of sharp rise in interest rates. interest.

Emmanuel Macron also said on Tuesday that he wanted to “accelerate” the reform of vocational high schools for a presentation “by the summer” of a bill. “We want to be able to engage” the dialogue “with all the social partners and the local authorities concerned” with a view to “accelerating and finalizing this work of consultation in order, by the summer, to have a draft law” and “to initiate concrete reform”.

The president also mentioned measures on health, education or the fight against delinquency and fraud and Elisabeth Borne will present her roadmap next week in the Council of Ministers, according to her entourage.

These multiple announcements are a way for the government to occupy the ground in order to move on from a second five-year term hampered by the social crisis. “Restricting the concerns of the French to the sole question of pensions would be to miss the mark,” said government spokesman Olivier Véran, summing up the state of mind of an executive who dreams of closing this parenthesis.

But it will certainly be more difficult in practice. Because, in the street and in the political and union opposition, the challenge remains strong. According to the Ministry of the Interior, some 24,000 people demonstrated Monday evening, banging on pots, during a presidential address that attracted 15.1 million viewers. In Lyon, Caen or Paris, certain gatherings even gave rise to damage and 60 people were arrested, according to the Ministry of the Interior.

Immediately after his speech, the general secretary of the CFDT Laurent Berger castigated “a speech of the method for a tenth time, but nothing concrete”. “We don’t respond when we’re whistled,” he said annoyed, though he admitted his union would “someday” return to the bargaining table.

His CGT counterpart, Sophie Binet, pointed to “very concrete things that deeply divide” in the projects that the president has listed. She thinks of the reform of vocational high schools, the RSA or “totally obscure and very general” points such as salaries.

In the political ranks either, Emmanuel Macron did not convince. “We will continue to fight,” promised Fabien Roussel (PCF). The “social balance of power” during the mobilization on May 1 will be crucial, added Clémentine Autain (LFI). “He must be the only one in France to believe that this intervention […] will be useful for something”, quipped, on France Inter, Jean-Philippe Tanguy (RN).