The President of the Republic called the French to “sobriety” on Monday, September 5, specifying that the power cuts would intervene only in “last resort”.
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It is therefore a “war” which opens the return of Emmanuel Macron. One more. Monday, September 5, during a press conference linked to the energy crisis caused by the Ukrainian conflict, the President of the Republic assumed the term, returning to the martial vocabulary he had already employed during the Pandemic 19. “We are at war, it is a state of affairs,” he said, evoking the consequences of the Russian invasion for the rest of Europe. This conflict, which signs in his eyes the “return of the tragic” on the old continent, obliges Europe and France to put itself in battle order. To retaliate against Moscow which uses the gas which he delivers to twenty-seven as a “weapon of war”, the head of state has detailed the implementation strategy.
A few minutes after held a videoconferencing with his German counterpart, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose views he claims to share, Emmanuel Macron praised the “European” reaction of the member states in the face of this crisis. And it is “in European” that the Head of State wants to continue the parade and counter the Russian threat to completely cut gas deliveries to Europe. As for the “war profiteers”, which Emmanuel Macron mentioned at a conference on the sidelines of the G7, on June 28, the Head of State judges “essential” to put in place measures to combat “practices speculative “on the energy markets.
” that we do not come back to seek me “
Also, when the left opposition calls for taxing the “superprofits” of the companies generated by the crisis – going so far as to claim a shared initiative referendum on the issue -, the Head of State answers by the European route. It is said to be favorable “to a European contribution mechanism”, a contribution which could then be donated to the member states to finance their targeted national measures. “This is the approach that France and Germany support, it is the most consistent to avoid distortions between European countries, it is the fairest and it would be the most effective,” he said, while The German government has already displayed its desire to use the “superprofits” of companies in the energy sector.
Like the German Chancellor, Emmanuel Macron says he is ready to act at the national level if the European Commission refused or was slow to act. A way to move debates and close internal controversies – a few days ago, before the Medef, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, opposed in principle to any new tax, had assured about the “superprofits” : “I don’t know what it’s.”
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