Following France’s victory on July 6 over Uruguay, Macron is due to come to cheer for the national squad during its July 10 bout in the semi-finals.<\/b>
\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron has been lambasted for postponing a comprehensive plan to battle poverty in France in light of a trip to Russia to root for the World Cup team, according to a report in The Local.
Originally, the head of state was due to announce a plan to provide aid for 8.7 million French living below the poverty line on July 10, and the move has already attracted a great deal of media attention.
France, in the meantime, defeated Argentina at the Russia-hosted World Cup and subsequently beat Uruguay 2-0 on Friday, thereby advancing the country to the semi-finals.
Macron announced his intention for the first time as far back as May, saying that he would travel to Russia to attend the playoff match if the national squad made it far in the championship.
Agn\u00e8s Buzyn, France\u2019s health minister, who authored, among others, the anti-poverty draft, noted that there could be uncertainty over whether the president would be in the country on the scheduled day to present the plan. According to a number of officials, the gathering could be postponed until September. The Secours Catholique, one of France\u2019s biggest charities, immediately weighed in on the debate, fencing with a comment:
\u201cPoverty doesn\u2019t wait.\u201d
Lydia Guirous, spokeswoman for the right-wing Republican Party, echoed the same line of thinking, pointing to the president\u2019s \u201ccynicism\u201d:
Le cynisme de Macron s\u2019exprime encore \u00e0 travers le report du rapport sur la pauvret\u00e9. Sachant qu\u2019il n\u2019aura aucune visibilit\u00e9 il pr\u00e9f\u00e8re sacrifier le dossier fondamental de la pauvret\u00e9. La R\u00e9publique des in\u00e9galit\u00e9s En Marche! https:\/\/t.co\/LsKA6tgA4T
Following the news report, one Twitter user even remarked that it would be more \u201cdecent\u201d to support Uruguay in the July 6 clash:
So I guess the decent, humane thing to do is to support Uruguay today https:\/\/t.co\/9MFjfJ0zme
French Twitter was quickly set ablaze, with some referring to a pool for the Macrons, which has recently hit the headlines:
Le plan pauvret\u00e9 peut attendre. La piscine pour le confort de Macron, n’attendra pas. #Macron #Pr\u00e9sidentDesRiches #monarque
Reporter aux calendes grecques le #PlanPauvrete en fonction de la Coupe du monde de football: voil\u00e0 la derni\u00e8re id\u00e9e folle du Pr\u00e9sident #Macron dont le projet politique a \u00e9t\u00e9 construit par et pour les plus ais\u00e9s. Comprenez: les pauvres peuvent attendre! https:\/\/t.co\/zFcGSC4Tfn
#MACRON: LE VERNIS CRAQUE Pauvret\u00e9, islam, bio\u00e9thique\/ @EmmanuelMacron remet \u00e0 plus tard les sujets qui f\u00e2chent Le report du plan pauvret\u00e9 \u00e0 la rentr\u00e9e ajout\u00e9 \u00e0 d’autres dossiers cr\u00e9ent l’incompr\u00e9hension. https:\/\/t.co\/6kAmUyTQzt pic.twitter.com\/CHOOU026gc
The government sensed the public\u2019s mood and came up with an official statement saying \u201cfootball is not the only reason for the postponement,\u201d adding, however, that \u201cone doesn\u2019t make\u201d such an important announcement on football days.
The counter-poverty plan is meant to dispel accusations that Macron is \u201cthe president of the rich.\u201d
According to a fresh survey conducted by the pollster Odoxa-Dentsu-Consulting for the radio station France Info and Le Figaro, over 70 percent of the French have branded the incumbent president\u2019s policies as \u201cunjust\u201d and 65 percent consider his measures \u201cineffective.\u201d Notably, among those polled were also left-wing politicians from „Unbowed France“ (\u201cFrance Insoumise\u201d) and the Socialist Party, as well as right-wingers, namely the lion\u2019s share of Republicans and \u201cThe National Union.\u201d
Emmanuel Macron took office in May last year and has since launched a series of reforms. These have included labor reform and, more recently, proposed changes to France\u2019s state-owned railway system, prompting trade unions to protest the move.<\/p>\n

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