Letters

Macron’s role in ensuring the poor pay for the rich

Timothy Garton Ash notes that “widespread unhappiness with the liberal centre and ‘Europe’ is a result of many causes” (Big story, 29 April), but fails to recognise as key Emmanuel Macron’s role in making the working class pay for the security of the “liberal centre”.

As Macron campaigned, workers at BioMérieux, Dassault, Safran, Hutchinson, Lustucru and the RATP were striking for wage increases. It is estimated that, and the prospect of an extended retirement age.