Lame duck? France's Macron after pension reform • FRANCE 24 English

[@athenak4666]

I'm going to be even more demanding. Let's go back to retirement at 60! Start with a stop on tax favors to corporates, and the rich. Then let's tackle all the abuses in the social security system.😡😡😡

[@youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850]

Give the people what they are already paying for. Taxes paid for this, and they paid them.

[@rooooooby]

France wants a president that get things done while respecting the people. They are not mutually exclusive.

[@robertokandal]

You have to work more to sustain MOORS from Africa and Brazil , immigrnats- DONT YOU UNDESRTAND THAT????

[@Cordycep1]

FIrst term for president has always been to please his the voters, 2nd term is personal agenda.

[@phil20_20]

Same in the U.S.

[@DFandV]

Interesting times in France. I wasn't born then but this gives the same situation as May 68. And 1st May there will be a massive protest.

[@SoniaSilva-fm8zv]

Deus abençoe França....um amor platônico por um francês me ajudou no controle do meu cérebro

[@tomhenry897]

When voted out he gets a full pension no matter what his age

[@GScully42]

More like pension theft not reform

[@Dogtroll]

Honestly, in this case I have to disagree with the idea that he is somehow abusing power or his authority simply because of the fact that there has to come a point when a leader has to lead and this was clearly one of those situations. He was just making the necessary and responsible decision.

[@robertokandal]

You have to work more to sustain MOORS from Africa and Brazil , immigrnats- DONT YOU UNDESRTAND THAT????

[@MrJankert64]

he doesn't have to bounce back, he can not run for a third time. and the pension thing, he did the right thing, but french will see this in the long run. he just saved the country. but the french are blind. but it will come in time. and he will be thanked..

[@michaelyun2407]

He could easily tax the top 10% and mega corporation who is making billions of dollars. But nope we have to make the poor to the day they die so they don't a chance to use the pension and funnel tax dollars into the Rich's pocket

[@joanyoon4672]

I agree. It was the same with Obanacare.

[@EmpereurNapoleonex]

Did he? It's a kind of thinking that never bothered to seek another option than to raise the age. Macron never considered other ways to fix the crisis. He was always set to recklessly raise the retirement age.

[@joanyoon4672]

@@EmpereurNapoleonex Unired Stares and all other advanced countries are at a loss on ways to fix this financial crisis. From listening the people being interviewed, they are complaining about how this was brought about. So, they agree that this should be brought about. Instead of wasting time, they need to move onto the next target in reducing the burden of financial crisis we are faced with. We don't have time. I am disappointed in French people. I used to admire them. I guess every country has all kinds no nation better than the others.

[@MrJankert64]

@@EmpereurNapoleonex your population is growing older, if the next generation wants to enjoy a pension after a lifetime of work. it is a very small price to pay. there are no other ways in the short time.

[@annetteroennow9694]

Retirement age at 62 with full pension is the lowest in the world.. I do not understand the French..

[@jaycon3460]

Missing the point... they're trying to do what they did to the Americans...strip rights, unions, and standard of living away bit by bit

[@FrancisHector]

Am I reading Macron after pension or Macron for prison?

[@timallison8560]

he's done. you steal from your people you suffer the consequence. RESIST!!!!

[@gilgameshur5366]

Save France from gov. curruption.

[@rdavis7350]

Macron wants to coin a new phrase 'Macronsplaining'.

[@tc691kiing9]

A great leader never make a favourable decision to fit someone interest. Macron proved himself to be able to raise up France in the world stage as it should be, not just that lapdog that might hurt you. Vive la liberté

[@phil20_20]

Let's hope so, but the alternative is rather precarious. People are not living longer anymore. This is what we should be protesting in the U.S. too.

[@mercedessl8718]

I notice he has removed his expensive watch

[@warmsunnytoday4535]

Type in Macron and Trudeau fondling and images and you will see this is not some normal diplomatic relationship.

[@darkslatesky]

French voters - see you at next Presidential Election

[@CookedSalmon]

The answer to the problem is simple: at the next election the French can vote for a candidate that will reverse the reform 🙄

[@romantictours4you]

In the Philippines, We like President Macron. When he visited our country he promised us to built Nuclear Energy Plant for the Philippines.

[@seanblanchard383]

I felt I was criticized in this show.

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[@stevesoltysiak1161]

Remind me again, just what Happened with the meeting Macron had with Putin in February 2022????

[@kschuman1152]

I tend to think the majority of the French people are on the left or more accurately, s bit left of center. But the various parties and coalitions bicker and each put forward innumerable candidates, which fragments the vote and leaves the field to well unified fascists. The process does not seem to be producing quality political candidates. Somewhat similar to Israel, where the country has ended up with a horrific far-right government. Such a shame that the people are not represented by someone who really reflects their political perspectives. France makes the same mistake as we have here in the US, having an overly powerful central executive. This causes government to be quite arbitrary. If things revolve around the idiosyncrasies and psychological vulnerabilities (most unfortunately the tendency to become corrupted by power) of one leader, once in a blue moon one finds a true statesman, but most of the time one gets incompetence, mediocrity, or a person with authoritarian impulses. Not much can be done about it. Governments rarely reform or re-style themselves. They may evolve a long periods of time (and historically at least, this trends in a direction that reflects the will of the people) or be overthrown by revolutions, and the later usually result in something worse than what proceeded it. France will probably have to go through a period under la Pen (sic). The dialectic of politics will take over from there and the left/center may have better chance to reclaim the political power in France.

[@nowherefool5869]

the problem with democratic elections is that voters are getting shoehorned into the illusion of choice between a false dichotomy. voters are often faced with the dilemma of voting AGAINST (something or someone that must never win, for usually obvious reasons, like being the far right), so the only "choice" the voters have is to vote for someone (anyone) they think has the highest chance of defeating who they are voting AGAINST. once you realize that behavioral tendency, it becomes quite easy to manipulate people to vote for someone, by presenting candidates they would vehemently vote against. problem is : voting for ANY candidate at all IS THE TRAP that guarantees the iron law of oligarchy. coz even temporary, allowing the FEW to create, pass, and execute legislation and budget allocations WITHOUT REQUIRING THE APPROVAL OF THE PUBLIC, allows those FEW to usurp the mandate of the people and often times go against the will and the interests of their constituents. which is why the natural evolution of democracies, should be a semi-direct democracy. political power of every elected official is quantifiable. (ie : the percentage of their constituents who voted for them) hence, the political capital required to veto their policies should essentially just need to be greater than that politician's quantified political power. ie : if a president only received 50% percent of votes from nationwide, then all you need to do is get 51% of voters to veto his policies. this system should ensure that no politician, can EVER disregard the will of the people. they do not "rule" over the population, rather their political power is just the equivalent of consolidation of votes for the people they represent.

[@CookedSalmon]

It’s wrong to say it wasn’t voted in parliament. They made it a confidence motion and it was passed by parliament. The EXACT SAME principle applies in Westminster system parliaments. In Canada where we have frequent minority parliaments, the govt can call any bill a confidence vote

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[@alanthecat59]

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[@nimenea]

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