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Citing unnamed high-ranking sources, French weekly Journal du Dimanche (JDD) reported on 3 February that Macron is considering calling a referendum on 26 May, which would coincide with the European parliamentary elections. According to the media outlet, the questionnaire is likely to address some economic and social issues including, in particular, whether the number of French lawmakers should be reduced or their terms shortened.
"I think that unless [Emmanuel] Macron puts some real issues on the ballot - issues which the French people actually care about, issues which will immediately improve the socio-economic condition of the average French household - then the referendum idea will totally backfire, as many are predicting", Ramin Mazaheri, chief correspondent in Paris for Iran's PressTV, told Sputnik.
Commenting on topics allegedly included in the list, the journalist noted that it seems that "this will not touch austerity, this will not affect anyone's purchasing power, and this is, in fact, quite a neoliberal idea, because it is a way to reduce the size of France's government.
Comment: Not just Canada, the sentiment has gone global. The class war that the elites are waging on the rest of the world is more evident than ever and more people are waking up to it. See also: