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Post by Admin on Apr 6, 2018 16:09:47 GMT
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Post by sarah shumaker on Apr 8, 2018 19:25:12 GMT
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Post by Derek VanDyke on Apr 10, 2018 15:44:49 GMT
To be living in France under the rule of Macron seems to be chaotic. His inexperience has caused him to not fulfill his promises made prior to being elected. If I were a French citizen I would be partially upset but somewhat understand that Macron is young and this is due to a lack of experience. However any sympathy I have for the guy I would lose if he is not taking strives to fix his mistakes. With all the riots it seems he has not taken much of a step in the right direction. It seems that his time is running out so if there is no fix in the near future then Macron might have to make the unfortunate decision and step down.
Do you think Macron will resign due to the fact he is not fixing his issues?
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Post by Mr. Williams on Apr 12, 2018 17:28:21 GMT
Knowing that Macron is basically a liar because he says one thing and it never happens. But if you think about it every presidential election is kind of a joke for instance president Trump said he was going to build a wall and a bunch of people were for it and to this day he still hasn’t done it. Presidents say things that try and make themselves look so good so the population votes for them. To be a president in the United States you have to have a bunch of requirements like age and stuff but in France their not a strict but Macron was the youngest president in french history which isn’t that bad besides he has a lack of experience. These riots in France are reasonable I can understand why the society is mad because I don’t like liars and by the looks of it neither do they. Macron has made promises that he can’t keep. For example, he made the french army general mad because he said he was going to increase defense spending and still hasn’t done it. A lot of people agreed with Macron and everything he was saying but as time went on he wasn’t keeping his word making less and less people liking him which now it has lead to the society having riots and strikes. Knowing that so many people are against him he won’t be president for much longer. SWo if Macron doesn’t start making some changes to change the societies opinion towards him then someone will replace him.
Knowing that Macron doesn’t have much experience as a president do you think France will make requires that candidates have to have before they can try to get elected?
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Post by shumaker on Apr 13, 2018 0:38:09 GMT
Looking at it from the outside, it’s easy to be quick to judge French citizens for the riot outbreaks. However, for our current situation in the United States with President Trump, I understand how chaotic it can be for a president to go back on their word. In the beginning, Macron seemed to be a fit president and was doing whatever he could to please the citizens. As soon as he was elected, he went back on his word and started changing things that would negatively effect the citizens. Being that he is the youngest president to be elected into office in France, it can be said that he is inexperienced. He should be listening to the people and trying to do what’s best for the country as a whole and his new policies are not what’s best. As for the riots, it’s definitely justified. They aren’t being malicious or doing any harm to law enforcement or people that don’t want to get involved besides the railway protests. The 3 month long protests are definitely effecting the general public especially in this case because almost every metro is shut down except 2-3. Looking back at history, it seems that revolts and riots are the only way to try and get a point across such as the protests about gun control that just occurred in Washington, D.C..
Do you think the biggest fault of President Macron is his inexperience due to his young age?
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Post by shumaker on Apr 13, 2018 0:43:14 GMT
@derek I like your response to this discussion board. However, I don’t think Macron will resign. I think he will eventually cave and do what’s best for the public even though it is not in his best interest.
@rod I love your response. To answer your question, I don’t think any stricter laws about age will created. If they did, a few more years probably wouldn’t change anything experience wise.
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Post by Wolinski on Apr 13, 2018 1:37:46 GMT
Despite Macron looking like an exclusive case in terms of heads of state, he is in fact not. The man who has been at the helm of France for almost a year now has shown a decline in approval similar to our own president Donald Trump. Both men had the adequate amount of support to win their respective elections and both are now sitting in a very tough place in terms of approval ratings. President Trump currently has a 40.8% approval rating while President Macron is sitting a poor 37%. These numbers are dismal for leaders in two of the most influential nations in the world. Also, both the US and France have seen significant strikes and protests in previous months in regards to various policies and proposals from their leaders. With Trump’s travel ban causing issues near the beginning of his presidency and now Macron wanting to overhaul his country’s rail system, the two men are driving their own citizens and supporters away. So while may seem as though Macron alone is wayward and losing control of his country, we could possibly do some looking on the interior front to see how we may also be experiencing this.
Can we as Americans truly judge a man for his actions when the man we elected for our own country shows parallel tendencies?
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Post by Autumn Painter on Apr 13, 2018 3:34:06 GMT
I don’t think Macron should be criticized so severely due to his failed promise to De Villiers. It is understandable that De Villiers would be upset considering Macron made a promise to him, but it is important to keep in mind that this promise was made before Macron was officially the President. Macron made the promise most likely with the intention of keeping it, but when he got in office, he realized it was not possible. Yes, maybe he shouldn’t have made a promise he wasn’t sure he could keep at the time, but everyone makes a mistake at some point. Although his approach to paying the first lady is kida ridiculous. I think it is actually quite funny how similar Trump and Macron are. Macron is young with a wife that is a lot older than him, and Trump is old with a wife a lot younger than him. It seems that success in the place of presidency revolves around experience, and Macron being so young, he has a disadvantage of lack of experience.
Do you think Macron’s actions and lack of experience are related to him being the youngest president France has seen?
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Post by nick newman on Apr 13, 2018 3:34:07 GMT
It appears that recently, the world has been electing some very controversial world leaders. Emmanuel Macron, the current French president was elected with a 65 percent approval rating without holding any prior office before hand. Although his approval rating was once pretty average, it is now in the 30 percent range and it is not looking good for any positive change it that regard. Macron is known for not doing the things that he says he will do. As a member of the United Nations, France must keep their deficit from exceeding 3 percent of the countries GDP. In order to do this, Macron felt like it was reasonable to cut about 980 million dollars from the military budget. Pierre De Villiers, France’s highest ranking general, is not very happy about this. He has taken his opinion to the public, and with nothing getting done he decided to step down from his position. This was the first thing that lead to Macron losing approval with his people. Along with upsetting De Villiers, Macron has also upset his people. Before he was elected, Macron’s wife was very well liked among the public, also surprising since has held no prior office. One thing that Macron tried to do was make his wife the first lady. The French public was outraged because they did not want to give the president's wife a paid position. A online petition with 300,000 signatures was made to not give her the spot.
Is it possible for Macron to fix his approval rating?
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Post by Erin Reimers on Apr 13, 2018 3:43:58 GMT
France’s president Emmanuel Macron is losing the great amount of popularity he had at such an alarmingly fast rate. The source of the public dissatisfaction comes from his hypocrisy and failed efforts to instate policies he promised in his campaign. He spouts such hypocrisy as he wants his wife to be considered the “First Lady” of France and in turn get a salary. Not only are the French against this idea when Macron’s political opponent’s wife got caught in a scandal so they did not favor spouses getting paid for little reason, but Macron ironically was passing a bill that would make it illegal to hire close relatives. He also made a campaign promise to increase spending for the defense department of the military but this promise conflicted with his decision to keep the national budget from exceeding 3 percent. This later on led to the resignation of the head of French forces. It comes as no surprise that a hypocritical person such as Macron is already losing his past overwhelmingly positive favor to an overwhelmingly negative favor. To be a French citizen during this time who initially appreciated Emanuel's campaign promises, would feel as if they were betrayed and fooled. The strikes and protests from the French citizens show that they will not be ‘taken advantage of’ and are actively seeking a way to improve their country whilst Macron makes shady decisions. These protests ought to garner much attention from not only French news sources but ones globally as well. The reason for Macron’s seemingly switch when he acquired French presidency was the suffocating feeling of influence versus the want to help those most close to you first. He made promises to keep seemingly not taking his campaign seriously when they turned out to be trashed. French citizens feel at odds and which that their leadership could be more stable and guide them all in the right direction but it instead is having the opposite effect making the general public more frustrated.
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Post by nick newman on Apr 13, 2018 12:05:24 GMT
@derek
Great response man. i do no think that Macron will resign from his spot. He worked hard to get where he is and who would want to step down from one of the most powerful positions in their country
@autumn
wonderful response, I do think that Macrons young age and not holding prior political office has lead to his insufficient performance in regards to the presidency.
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Post by Mr. Williams on Apr 15, 2018 19:43:05 GMT
@nick I think he can fix it if he apologizes and gives the society what they were looking for.
@sarah i think that knowing that Macron was a young president should of sunk in peoples head that he isn't gonna be the best because you learn from your mistakes and he is def making some mistakes right now but I think its all because of his age.
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Post by Derek on Apr 16, 2018 2:19:30 GMT
@sarah I feel that yes it is due to his inexperience. It was easy for him to say all the great things he wanted to do as President during the election but because of inexperience hecca,e to realization it was not that easy.
@nick Macron could for sure improve his rating as a President but he needs to act fast. With riots breaking out it seems that he is running out of time.
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Post by Autumn Painter on Apr 16, 2018 2:51:34 GMT
@chase Great response, and nice job with the use of statistics. Good point Chase. I don't really think we have the right to judge Macron, athough it seems like we are constantly judging. Even though it is not our place to judge others, we often find ourselves criticizing and comparing people in power.
@nick Super response Nick! I don't really thin there is anyhting for Macron to do to improve his ratings. I think if people don't like him they will continue to not like him. Even if he were to make up for some of his faults, people probably won't care enough.
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Post by Erin Reimers on Apr 16, 2018 11:56:17 GMT
@derek Despite Macron's ill-kept promises and poor decisions, I find it highly unlikely that he will resign. He will either try to win back public favor or keep doing the things he is doing.
@sarah The president's young age could be partially at fault for his rash and not well-thoughtout decisions. That, however, is not the main reason for Macron's failure to properly fulfill his duties.
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