He has kept a low profile since the beginning of the year, leaving the prime minister as the face of reform.
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French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Sunday about far-right leader Marine Le Pen coming to power, suggesting he should have been more involved in pitching the country to unpopular pension reforms.
In an interview with Le Parisien newspaper, the 45-year-old joined others in French politics in warning that anti-immigrant Le Pen is in a position to take power in the upcoming 2027 presidential election.
She is seen as the biggest political winner in the current French turmoil caused by President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to raise the retirement age, which has sparked three months of protests and strikes, as well as concerns over the health of French democracy. It is done.
“Marine Le Pen will be (in power) if she fails to meet her country’s challenges and develops the habit of lying and denying reality,” Macron told the newspaper. .
He has faced a hail of criticism after using his controversial constitutional authority to force a pension law through the House of Representatives without a vote.
Opinion polls show that two-thirds of voters oppose raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, just as Macron’s government won a parliamentary majority before enacting Article 49.3 of the constitution. was not visible.
President Macron has kept a low profile since the beginning of the year, leaving Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne as the face of reform.
“Perhaps there weren’t enough faults to give substance to the reforms and to carry them out on their own,” Macron added.
After signing the bill into law earlier this month, Mr Macron went out to meet voters in eastern and southern France last week and was loudly booed and jeered.
Angry demonstrators tracked him and his ministers down and bashed pots throughout the week.
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