In Bormes-les-Mimosas, Emmanuel Macron redoubles his pessimism – Le Monde

Emmanuel Macron, in Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var), on August 19, 2022, during the commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the village, on August 17, 1944. ERIC GAILLARD / AFP The winter will be harsh. A few hours after speaking with Vladimir Poutine, it was a worried Emmanuel Macron who presented himself on the heights of Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var), to celebrate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the village, on August 17 1944. The President of the Republic had already prepared the French for a difficult return to school and winter, during his interview on July 14, due to the risk of energy shortages and the soaring prices induced by the war in Ukraine. . In Bormes, for his first speech after a few days of rest at Fort Brégançon, he reiterated with pessimism about the days to come. Read also: The main points of Emmanuel Macron’s interview for July 14: pension reforms, reduction of energy consumption and “sobriety” plan from this summer “I am thinking of our people, to whom it will be necessary the strength of soul to look the coming time in the face, resist uncertainties, sometimes ease and adversity, and, united, accept to pay the price for our freedom and our values”, launched the head of state. “Yes, the ghosts of the spirit of revenge, the flagrant violations of the sovereignty of States, the intolerable contempt of the peoples, the imperialist will reappear from the past to impose themselves in the daily life of our Europe, our neighbors, our friends, ”he hammered. Emmanuel Macron also denounced “the brutal attack by Vladimir Putin” in Ukraine, and referred to his telephone calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, then with his Russian counterpart, “to seek to obtain the essential commitments to maintain security nuclear weapons on Ukrainian soil”. In “this war which is thundering at our doors”, the Head of State hailed the “heroic resistance” of the Ukrainian people in the face of “terrible attacks by the Russian army and its auxiliaries”. Climate: Emmanuel Macron seemed almost resigned Traditionally, this August 17th holiday is an opportunity to salute the memory of the tens of thousands of soldiers who landed in 1944 on the coasts of Provence to put an end to the German occupation. It has become a traditional stopping point for the president before the start of the school year. The commemoration, originally scheduled for Wednesday, was delayed two days due to weather warnings. For the past two years, this ritual seems to have been sadly marked by current climate events. In the summer of 2021, it was the Massif des Maures, nearby, which was ablaze; this year, Corsica is licking its wounds in the aftermath of deadly storms that killed five people. About what he calls “devastating climatic cataclysms”, the head of state seemed almost resigned. “They unfortunately threaten to intensify and repeat themselves,” he said. Faced with this, the emphasis is on managing the consequences rather than on prevention – the priority is “to rethink our warning and safety systems and the organization of forests”. You have 42.58% of this article left to read. The following is for subscribers only.