I'll admit I was lazy and did not want to look how to write "both sides of the political spectrum". Don't know who voted down, but on the off chance that it he

I'll admit I was lazy and did not want to look how to write "both sides of the political spectrum". Don't know who voted down, but on the off chance that it helps arrange your gripe, here's the list of statesmen and their use of 49.3 (since 1958) Michel Rocard 28 "left" Élisabeth Borne 11 "center" Raymond Barre 8 "center" Jacques Chirac 8 "right" Édith Cresson 8 "left" Pierre Mauroy 7 "left" Georges Pompidou 6 "right" Manuel Valls 6 "right" Laurent Fabius 4 "left" .. Rocard was in power 3 years, and Borne only 14 months, so if one extrapolates naively she will eventually arrive in top position. But 1) we're not voting on pensions every day and 2) I think one has to admit that the political climate has changed since 1993 and the current opposition does not make a super constructive partner. In the end, the country has to move forward. That's precisely why 49.3 exists.