Two thirds of French people don’t trust Macron
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The majority of French people were not convinced by President
Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with journalists at the Elysee Palace, the
first such one during his presidency, according to a survey.
In an online survey released on Friday by Elabe pollster, 65 percent
of 1,005 respondents who watched Thursday’s press conference, said they
were not convinced by the president’s two-and-a half hours exchange with
media.
The poll also showed that eight of ten citizens thought Macron’s new
proposals won’t resolve “Yellow Vest” crisis, while 77 percent of them
said what’s was announced did not meet the expectations of the people
who have taken to the streets since Nov. 2018.
Addressing the nation, in a long awaited speech, Macron presented the
conclusions from nearly three-month national consultations that the
government had held across French cities and notably in rural regions to
seek adequate ways to handle a social malaise.
In response “to a feeling of unfairness and abandonment,” Macron proposed “a more humane response to unite.”
“This new time of our Republic has one objective: to give hope to
everyone to rebuild together the art of being French. It is to be rooted
and universal…” he stressed.
With that end, he proposed constitutional reform by the summer to
make people more involved in the democratic process by simplifying rules
for referendums and decentralizing administrations.
The “Yellow Vest” movement is coordinating a 24th weekend of action against his leadership and his policy.
The spontaneous movement started in November of 2018 as a campaign
against a surge in fuel prices. It then evolved into a social rebellion
demanding the president to step down.
Since then, the 41-year-old head of state has been struggling to
defuse anger despite 10 billion euros of concession he offered by the
end of last year.
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