On the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Varois village, the head of state notably lingered on Friday on “this war which thunders on our doors” and on the “devastating climatic cataclysms”.
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Winter will be tough. A few hours after having spoke with Vladimir Putin, it is a worried Emmanuel Macron who presented himself on the heights of Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var), to celebrate the 78
The President of the Republic had already prepared the French for a difficult school year and a difficult winter, during his interview on July 14, due to the risk of energy shortages and the prices induced by the war in Ukraine. In Bormes, for his first speech after a few days of rest at the Brégançon Fort, he reiterated with pessimism as for the days to come.
“I think of our people, to whom it will take force of soul to face the coming time, resist uncertainties, sometimes to ease and adversity, and, united, agree to pay the Price of our freedom and our values, “launched the head of state. “Yes, the ghosts of the spirit of revenge, the blatant violations of the sovereignty of the States, the intolerable contempt of the peoples, the imperialist will re -emerge from the past to impose itself in the daily life of our Europe, our neighbors, from Our friends “, he hammered.
Emmanuel Macron also denounced “the brutal attack by Vladimir Putin” in Ukraine, and refers to his telephone calls with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, then with his Russian counterpart, “to try to obtain the essential commitments for Maintain nuclear security on Ukraine soil “. In “this war that thunders at our doors”, the head of state praised the “heroic resistance” of the Ukrainian people in the face of the “terrible assaults of the Russian army and its auxiliaries”.
Climate: Emmanuel Macron seemed almost resigned
Traditionally, this festival of August 17 is an opportunity to salute the memory of the tens of thousands of soldiers who landed in 1944 on the Provencal coast to end the German occupation. It has become a traditional step for the president before the start of the school year. The commemoration, initially scheduled for Wednesday, had been delayed by two days due to weather alerts. For the past two years, this ritual seems to be sadly marked by climate news. In the summer of 2021, it was the Massif des Maures, nearby, kissing; This year, Corsica has grieved its wounds in the aftermath of deadly thunderstorms that made five victims.
About what he calls “devastating climatic cataclysms”, the Head of State seemed almost resigned. “Unfortunately they threaten to intensify and repeat themselves,” he said. Faced with observation, the emphasis is placed on the management of consequences rather than prevention – priority is “to rethink our alert and security systems and the organization of forests”.
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