Even in normal times Emmanuel Macron needed the help of allies in governing France.
To get some things done the French president worked with the traditional right. The center-left helped him accomplish others. The challenge was bigger than any faced by a French leader in more than two decades: He had to convince politicians across the country’s national assembly to support even minor domestic projects.
Macron won his second five-year term last year with 58% of the votes in a runoff with far-right leader Marine Le Pen, but his centrist Renaissance party lost its majority in parliament two months later. Le Pen’s National Rally won a record number of seats. The changes in his agenda echo another uncomfortable situation for the French leader three months ago, when the planned state visit of King Charles III to France was postponed due to violent protests against the pension changes.“I hope very much, and I am convinced, that the French president will find ways for this situation to improve quickly,” he told ARD television. “I don’t expect France to become unstable, even if the pictures are of course very depressing.
The question now for Macron is whether he can marshal enough endurance to face the political situation at home. An increasing proportion of the population “rejects institutions” as part of a broader criticism of “a social order that involves inequalities, that is … basically quite hypocritical, with school in particular not allowing people to succeed as it once did,” Rouban said.Macron “doesn’t have much leeway except for distributing subsidies,” which is also difficult because of France’s heavy debt burden, Rouban said.
Macron met Tuesday at the presidential palace with the mayors of over 220 towns and cities who have been concerned by incidents and damage in recent days.
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