French government may ease reform pace soon

Significance

As they were 50 years ago, several universities and parts of the transport system will be on strike.

Impacts

• The opposition parties are unable to unite and too weak to fight Macron in isolation, giving him a strong hand until 2022.
• If the government puts the reform agenda on hold for a few months, it will use the time to prepare the next round of reforms.
• If Macron is victorious, the ‘radical’ non-reformist trade unions will lose influence in the public sector.
• Macron might end up earning the French public’s trust and even esteem with his persistence and determination.