Revolutions from "above" are organized by political leaders. Since they are "above" the people in the decision-making pyramid, they can use their power to convince the masses to support their ideologies.
They are the opposite of popular revolutions, in which popular ideology imposes a new status. In the case of revolutions from above, it is that status quo that imposes a new situation on the population.
Because of their deficit in 2014, France had tried to work with the euro bloc in order to lessen the value of deficit this year. They believe that with this, they will be able to gain confidence in raising the GDP of France.