Focus on optimism.
While the Covid-19 epidemic is in sharp decline in France, Emmanuel Macron wants to be a bearer of hope.
In an interview with
Zadig
published Wednesday, May 26, the Head of State even declares himself
"very confident"
in the ability of the French to
"go forward"
.
"If we have collective energy and a vision, I think we have the possibility,"
he said.
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According to him, the Covid-19 pandemic
“is the metaphor of our time. We relive times with a very medieval background: the great jacqueries, the great epidemics, the great fears… ”
, he judged. Emmanuel Macron compares "
the period we are living"
to that of
"the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance"
.
“It was the epoch of phenomena which forged a people, I would even say of the reinvention of a civilization.
It is also a moment of tensions that work the country, between a central state and feudal systems.
It is finally a time when the European question arises, without forgetting the relationship between religions.
The ability to embrace the future, to project oneself, is therefore decisive for the country's rebound.
This is what makes me very confident ”
, detailed the president who wishes, between the lines, to propose his vision within a year of the presidential election.
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Macron defends the reform of the ENA
Emmanuel Macron also defended the controversial reform of the ENA, which an ordinance must ratify on Wednesday. For the Head of State, this text will make it possible to put an end to
“corporatisms”
which defend
“interests which protect the inter-self”
. It is necessary, according to him, to
"select differently"
for the senior civil service because
"when one comes from a working class background, and even more when one comes from an immigrant background, it takes five to six generations to access it would not be. - what in the middle of the social scale. It's huge and, frankly, discouraging, ”
he admitted.
Emmanuel Macron also considers it urgent to respond to the feeling of
“dropping out”
of a part of the population who expresses
“the same concern about deindustrialisation, a feeling of injustice, an impression of democratic betrayal”
. The Head of State refers in particular to the crisis of “yellow vests”, where he saw in the French
“a very resistant people”
,
“extraordinarily tenacious”
, but which
“ignites at the stroke of anger”
. He is also optimistic for the future of Seine-Saint-Denis, where
"all that's missing is the sea to make California"
and which represents
"a unique space for economic and social transformation"
.
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