2023-04-18 08:24:17
The historian and sociologist Pierre Rosanvallon was the guest of the Quotidien program on TMC, Monday, April 17.
PENSION REFORM – “The most serious democratic crisis since the end of the Algerian conflict. » The historian and sociologist Pierre Rosanvallon, professor at the Collège de France specializing in contemporary history and the study of democracy, was on the set of the program Daily on TMC this Monday, April 17. Invited to react to Emmanuel Macron’s speech which took place a few minutes earlier, he made a remarkable intervention on the challenge to the pension reform and the social discontent which continues to rise in France.
Known for his moderate opinions, Pierre Rosanvallon delivered an uncompromising analysis of the exercise of power by the President of the Republic. “He does not see the democratic crisis, for him there is none”he noted, lamenting that Emmanuel Macron had lost sight of “ The Spirit of Laws “, essential to keep the spirit of democracy. And to even estimate that this “mind is violated”.
“We are going through, since the end of the Algerian conflict, the most serious democratic crisis that the…
— Daily (@Qofficiel)
“We are going through, since the end of the Algerian conflict, the most serious democratic crisis that France has known”, pointed out Pierre Rosanvallon. “ What we are experiencing here is the repetition of yellow vests, but much more serious. Today, there is this same feeling of not being listened to”he added.
The president of the think tank The Republic of Ideas also judged that the Head of State was unable to find “breakpoints” because he doesn’t have “probably not enough political experience”. Pierre Rosanvallon thus compared the political career of Emmanuel Macron to some of his predecessors at the head of the state – such as Jacques Chirac, Raymond Barre, François Mitterrand – “who have had a political life, a social life, who have been in the markets, held office hours”while the current Head of State “passed in a few months from the shadows at the Élysée”.
“To modesty”this quality lacking in the president
“He lacked the knowledge and experience that teaches one important thing: modesty. And he doesn’t have one.” he judged.
Earlier this month, Pierre Rosanvallon had already been very critical of the President of the Republic. In an interview at Releasehe judged that Emmanuel Macron was imbued with a “arrogance nourished by social ignorance and ignorance of the history of democracies. »
He then defended with our colleagues the need to include in the Constitution “other means of crisis resolution that start from below”. “Failing this, the time of revolutions might return or it will be the accumulation of toxic resentment that will open the way to far-right populism”, estimated Pierre Rosanvallon.
Guest of France Inter this Monday morning, the Minister of Action and Public Accounts Gabriel Attal wanted to react to the critics of the historian and his observation. “When we talk regarding the delegitimization of institutions or democratic problems, we can also wonder regarding those who call into question the institutions themselves, the work of Parliament, the work of the Constitutional Council”he replied.
“When we talk regarding democratic problems, we can also wonder regarding those who question the institutes…
— France Inter (@franceinter)
“Five minutes of raw and cruel accuracy”
If it was not to the taste of the majority, Pierre Rosanvallon’s intervention on TMC was in any case widely shared on social networks, whether by right-wing political figures, such as the mayor Les Républicains de Cannes David Lisnard; or on the left, like the LFI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis Raquel Garrido.
“has not read enough Romans and liberals”. Ibi.
— David Lisnard (@davidlisnard)
I didn’t listen to #Macron20h because I was at #casseroles20h. I just listened to this debrief. Does anyone in…
— Raquel Garrido (@RaquelGarridoFr)
“I just listened to this debrief. Will someone report the content to Macron? In any case, the establishment of the working group of the Nupes parliamentary intergroup on the Sixth Republic is timely. At work “commented the latter on Twitter.
I may not always agree with Pierre Rosanvallon, but he is excellent here. Five minutes…
— Eric Anceau (@Eric_Anceau)
Professors and historians have also hailed the need for his intervention, like Éric Anceau, who was delighted with these “ five minutes of raw and cruel accuracy on Emmanuel Macron”or the economist Eric Berr, for whom the president has “was scattered like a puzzle by Pierre Rosanvallon. »
Macron scattered like a puzzle by Pierre Rosanvallon, who is not, however, a very radical person.
— Eric Berr (@eric_berr)
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