[…] If we read the pension #reform as the continuation of this policy [of devotion to capital], we can better understand the #radicality of the executive: to renounce it would be to touch this identity — in other words, its only real political function.
There is therefore an existential stake for #Macronism in the current #reform.
[…]
➤ The totem of electoral immunity"

Translated from:
https://ttrss.fiat-tux.fr/veille-luc.xml#tag:ttrss.fiat-tux.fr,2023-03-06:/52644909 by Fabien #Escalona et Romaric #Godin #capitalism #neoliberalism #pensions #labor

➤ To protect the doctrine of #macronism
Under these conditions, the position of a #government devoted to the interests of private capital can only harden. […] Emmanuel #Macron has changed his mind on many subjects. But he has remained firm and consistent on one point: unwavering support for the #profitability of the private sector.
He has never considered questioning either the labour market reforms or the reduction in capital taxation, even though studies have cast doubt on their effectiveness.

France: Our Future Belongs to Us
The following text, first published at Paris-Luttes is taken from an as yet unpublished pamphlet produced in the wake of the French elections. Its authors intend to release further chapters in due course.

“The sheep go to the slaughterhouse. They say nothing to each other, and they hope for nothing. But at leas
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/05/08/france-our-future-belongs-to-us/
#Anarchism #France #generalelection #macronism #reformism #socialdemocacy

#Neoliberalism, #Macronism and the bankruptcy of representative #democracy: how technocratic arrogance aroused public hatred of the ruling class:
'Gilets jaunes’: the meaning of the confrontation'
https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/etienne-balibar/gilets-jaunes-meaning-of-confrontation?

#inequality