The French opposition accuses Macron of being “disconnected” from the citizenry

Hundreds of protesters take to the streets in impromptu marches after Macron’s speech

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Different opposition parties have charged this Monday against the French president, Emmanuel Macron, after he defended the pension reform in a speech to the nation as “necessary” and accused him of being “disconnected” from the citizenry.

For his part, the founder of La Francia Insumisa, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, has indicated in the aforementioned social network that Macron is “out of reality”. “He assumes the theft of two years of freedoms. The saucepans sound more accurate”, he has sentenced, alluding to the more than 300 saucepans that have occurred during his speech.

The leader of the opposition National Grouping party, the far-right Marine Le Pen, has stated on her Twitter profile that Macron, instead of “reestablishing the link” with the citizenry, has once again “turned his back on them and ignored their suffering”.

“This practice of exercising power in a disconnected, solitary and obtuse way marks the continuation of a five-year period of contempt, indifference and brutality that will have to come out after (going to) the polls,” he said, referring to future elections in the country.

The president of Los Republicanos, Eric Ciotti, has also spoken about it on Twitter, assuring that there is “nothing new.” “The method (of Government) does not change with laudable objectives if there is not the slightest questioning (of the decisions made)”, he has sentenced.

On the side of the Socialist Party, its secretary general, Olivier Fauré, has accused Macron of being an “incendiary president”. “From the palace of the bogged down, the arsonist president promises 100 days to put out the fire that feeds daily,” he said on his Twitter profile.

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Later, the general secretary of the General Confederation of Workers (CGT), Sophie Binet, asked herself “what planet Macron lives on”. “This speech could have been made by ChatGPT”, she ironized during an interview on TF1 Info in which she also made it clear that the president’s actions “damage the image of France abroad”.

The general secretary of the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (DFDT), Laurent Berger, has specified in Macron’s words, who has left the “door open” for the unions to meet at the Elysée, that this door “has been open for three months triple key”.

Berger lamented, during an interview with BFMTV, that his words are “a kind of emptiness” that show “his contempt for the workers.” In this sense, he has indicated that “the regret” of the head of state about the lack of consensus in the different sectors “does not change much.”

On the other hand, in a joint statement, the inter-union has accused the French president of not having “still understood the anger that is expressed in the country and that persists.” “He is solely responsible for an explosive situation,” he said in a statement on his Twitter profile.

Macron has promised in a speech to the nation “one hundred days of appeasement” with labor improvements, migration control and a reinforcement of the judicial system after weeks of social protest against a reform that the president has called “necessary”.

After his speech, several spontaneous marches have taken place in different cities, such as Paris, Rennes or Nantes, where the Police have charged to disperse the protesters and the first incidents have occurred, such as the burning of containers.