Edouard Philippe has a message for you: “Get to work, you lazybones!”

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Invited on RTL, the former Prime Minister, who is running for the Élysée Palace, brought up the old refrain of "working more to earn more." As if that were the way history was going, as if AI wasn't going to steal our jobs.

Edouard Philippe, June 3 in Paris. (Albert Facelly/Libération)

by Jean-Christophe Féraud

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So, if he is elected President of the Republic in 2027, Edouard Philippe will "make sure that we work longer" . Well, "we"... he's not speaking for himself and his friends who have the "value of work " firmly in their hearts. No, our national "Doudou" is speaking more to you, bunch of lazy people, clinging as you are to your RTT, when you are not taking it easy in TV mode more than work. The former Prime Minister of Emmanuel Macron, who dreams of a five-year fixed-term contract at the Elysée , has decided to tell the truth to the French. It's rather recommended when you publish a book entitled The Price of Our Lies , although we are not one of them