The French president has championed several policies, including tax cuts for the middle classes and children learning the national anthem.
Emmanuel Macron promised a “France stronger” during a two-hour press conference, while the National Rally, a far-right party, is progressing in the polls.
The French president wanted to show that his policies were firmly focused on law and order, immigration and education.
Emmanuel Macron’s series of reforms would begin with an economic bill aimed at boosting growth and tax cuts for the middle classes.
But he also advocated regulating children’s screen time, establishing uniforms in public schools and teaching the national anthem from a young age.
The 46-year-old president promised “audacity, action, efficiency” for the last three years of his presidency, already marked by controversy.
France must remain France
Observers consider that Emmanuel Macron’s speech is part ofan attempt to strengthen her legacy and challenge the dominance of Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally as European elections approach.
He seeks to turn the page on last year’s controversial pension reform and more recent immigration laws, which some say showed the president bowing to the far right.
In front of journalists, Emmanuel Macron denounced the National Rally as “the party of lies“.
He warned against “danger zone“, with more and more European voters choosing the far right.
“In fact, the National Rally has become the party of easy anger“, he adds. “Let’s not get used to it“.
The President pledged that “France remains France“.
We must tackle the problems that “encourage people to vote for them“, he declares, in particular the fight against unemployment and better control of immigration.
Low- and middle-income voters were the targets of his speech, which also promised to boost business by cutting red tape.
He also explained how he intended to preserve the struggling French health system and accelerate changes in schools. He argued in favor of uniform in public schoolslearning the national anthem from an early age and establishing a two-week training period in high schools in order to promote French values and encourage young people to serve the community .
In the absence of a majority in parliament, Emmanuel Macron suggested that many of these changes could be implemented without passing new laws.
France on the international scene
“I have three and a half years left in my mandate“, adds the president, describing his ambition to change both the daily lives of the French and to tackle global crises.
He promised to return France “fairer and stronger” to face global crises, announcing plans to deliver more long-range cruise missiles as well as bombs to Ukraine.
Emmanuel Macron also proposed a joint initiative with Qatar to mediate a deal between Israel and Hamasin order to enable the delivery of medicine to around 45 of the more than 100 Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
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