Macron Interview: Primas Says "Citizen Consultation Will Probably Be on the Table"

Sophie Primas is not privy to the secret scoops that Emmanuel Macron could announce on Tuesday, May 13, during his appearance on a special program on TF1. However, the government spokesperson, interviewed by RTL this Monday, is able to affirm "that the issue of citizen consultation is a topic that will likely come up during her interview."

This possibility has been in the air for several days. The President of the Republic himself announced, during his New Year's greetings for 2025, that he would ask the French people to "decide" on certain key issues. However, the details of these possible announcements remain unclear.

"Will these really be referendums? Will they be citizen consultations? Will they be some kind of vote? I don't know. And I don't know about the themes either," comments Sophie Primas.

"Why not the end of life, why not screens, why not territorial reform," lists the former LR senator, however, affirming that "there are many subjects on the table, in the air."

What about a consultation with the French people on the trajectory of public finances? Called for by François Bayrou and rejected by a large part of the political class, the proposal received a lukewarm reception from Emmanuel Macron's entourage.

However, this issue "is not a dead letter," says Sophie Primas. "It's a proposal the Prime Minister made to the President of the Republic. It's one of the issues he may or may not address tomorrow evening."

Titled "Emmanuel Macron - The Challenges of France" and starting at 8:10 p.m., the TF1 program will be hosted by Gilles Bouleau and will cover national and international news.

Fifteen-minute debates will pit the president and general secretary of the CGT, Sophie Binet, against each other on the subject of pensions; the mayor of Béziers, Robert Ménard, on security; the liberal essayist Agnès Verdier-Molinié, on public finances; and the environmental specialist Salomé Saqué, on youth.

In addition, several figures will address Emmanuel Macron via video, including Tibo InShape and journalist Charles Biétry, who suffers from Lou Gehrig's disease and whose voice is reproduced by artificial intelligence.