President Macron has imposed the decision. He made a speech to the nation at lunchtime, which is another thing that's really annoyed everyone. And so that's a bit controversial when a president does that because it's considered to be somewhat undemocratic,. A little bit authoritarian. But from Macron's point of view, he's got nothing to lose really at this stage as he's in his second term and can't serve another term.

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