Anger, violence, disinterest… MEPs are worried about the traces that the reform will leave

Emmanuel Macron has “
created even more distance with people“Explains the rebellious MP and former trade unionist Marianne Maximi. ALAIN JOCARD/AFP

And then what will be left? What will remain of these thirteen days, sometimes enamelled with violence? Of this arm wrestling between unions and executive, having achieved nothing if not to break the dialogue? Of these virulent debates and these sometimes chaotic scenes which marked the National ***embly? These are the questions, in this 1er May, let elected officials on all sides ask themselves. Because as the streak comes to an end, all eyes turn to the field. And a question remains: what traces the battle of the pension reform will she leave in the country?

Those who venture to answer it struggle to hide their concern. For the rebellious MP and former trade unionist Marianne Maximi, Emmanuel Macron has “created even more distance with people”. “This absolute stubbornness of power will lead to consequences”, she feels, without knowing precisely how to describe its contours. “The traces will be insidious”, completes Macronist Caroline Janvier, for whom “Loss of confidence…