The Constitutional Council validated, on Friday, most of the law on pension reform, including the postponement of the legal age to 64, a “legal victory” but “a disaster for the nation”, unanimously deplored the press French on Saturday April 15 in the morning.
“A disaster”, comments the Midi Libre. “No one thought the Constitutional Council capable of resolving the social and political crisis that has been raging for three months. But reluctantly, the court has just made it worse, ”tackles Olivier Biscaye, editorial director of the regional daily.
“The procedure may be legal, square, in accordance with the Constitution, it does not pass”, agrees the editor-in-chief of La Voix du Nord. There is “a form of original sin in claiming to act on behalf of the French by imposing on them expeditiously a text they do not want”, launches Patrick Jankielewicz.
“The decision of the Constitutional Council, because it is not political, does not settle anything. The unions of employees do not even have the shadow of a text to put away the flags ”, we read in the East flash. “If his decision closes the debates around the legality of the text, it does not make it more legitimate”, summarizes Ellen Salvi in ??her bias at Mediapart.
A middle finger from “Liberation Champagne”
As a press cartoon, Liberation Champagne dares to give the middle finger on its last page, while the demonstrations continue on the “one” of Liberation, crossed out with the slogan “Not defeated”.
“On form, the sages – this nickname can now only be used ironically – delivered a blunt decision, written in a bureaucratic form devoid of any style or nuance. On the merits, the decision goes beyond the much decried government text, ”coldly analyzes Dov Alfon, head of Liberation.
“On this social inferno (…) the wise men therefore “poured a jerry can of gasoline” (…). And faithful to his arsonist passions, Emmanuel Macron immediately announced that the law would be promulgated within forty-eight hours, ”he continues in his bitter editorial.
The words of the Prime Minister, who said Friday that there was “neither winner nor loser”, have also caused ink to flow. “It may seem like fair play in a chick-grade football cup. But after months of XXXL mobilization, at a time when the text of a reform hated by millions of French people is certified as compliant with the Constitution, it is disconcerting, ”laments Sophie Leclanché in La Montagne.
No draw
The press does not believe in a draw. “Emmanuel Macron won,” said Charente Libre. “A Pyrrhic victory,” adds La République des Pyrénées. “It’s a legal victory for the government of Elisabeth Borne but a disaster both political and social for the nation,” continues Le Républicain Lorrain. “No one emerges victorious from this missed meeting between the people and those who represent them at the highest level. Except perhaps the extremes, ”says La Voix du Nord.
In “one” of the Parisian, the head of state displays a dubious expression: “And now? ” headlines the daily. “The sages themselves have pointed to the “unusual nature” of the accumulation of procedures aimed at restricting debate (…). What if the process becomes the new normal of the “democratic journey”? La Montagne worries.
“Even Elisabeth Borne recognized it,” adds Sud Ouest. “It’s important to say where you want to go.” In light of this admission, should we deduce that this second five-year term will be that of visual navigation? “Questions Jefferson Desport, noting in passing that” the right, which remained the best ally [of the president] until then, came out of this debate leached, scattered like a puzzle “. On the right, Le Figaro laments the “collective mess”.
“The French are well aware that the general collapse comes less from their supposed reluctance to “reform” than from an increasingly staggering impotence of public performance. School, health, safety: taxes everywhere, service nowhere,” thunders Vincent Trémolet de Villers. “The mistrust is there and will not evaporate by magic,” adds the deputy editorial director.
It only took a few hours for the Head of State, after the favorable opinion of the Constitutional Council, to promulgate and register the law on pensions in the Official Journal, overnight from Friday to Saturday.
