‘Catastrophic nonsense’: Macron’s small verdict on party leaders to limit two terms

A small phrase that already makes people talk. Emmanuel Macron called the presidential term limit that prevents him from running again in 2027 “catastrophic nonsense” during his lengthy interview with opposition party leaders on Wednesday in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Seine). -Denis), two participants told AFP on Thursday.

According to these sources, which corroborate Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s claims, the President of the Republic declared: “The impossibility of being re-elected is fatal nonsense.” Macron is broken. He said : the impossibility of being re-elected is fatal nonsense. Being able to shorten that timeframe by recall referendum would be a general relief,” boomed X (formerly Twitter) a former rebellious presidential candidate who was not present at the time of the interview.

“Maybe a joke”

“Perhaps he was joking about this,” the majority participant nuances. At this point in the discussion, Emmanuel Macron was reacting to the proposal of National Rally leader Jordan Bardella for a single seven-year term.

The President talked to the end of the night behind closed doors with the numbers of one of the opposition parties, left and right. They demand quick “announcements” from the head of state on Thursday to “concretely implement” this initiative.

After the reform of Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008, the number of presidential terms in France is limited to two in a row. Given the impossibility for Emmanuel Macron, first elected in 2017 and now 45 years old, to present himself in 2027, the question of his succession is more worrying than ever in the camp of the presidential majority.