It had to surprise and strike people's minds.
The announcement by Emmanuel Macron of the launch of an RER network in ten metropolises by a video posted on YouTube on Sunday evening - his favorite mode of expression when he primarily targets young people - contains several lessons.
The first concerns his conception of ecological transition.
In his eyes, it must rhyme with innovation, not with restriction or punishment.
It must above all be combined with progress, not with an
“Amish”
philosophy of life , as he had said about certain Greens.
In other words, ecology through economic development, not through decline.
The RER fits exactly into this approach.
As the Head of State says in his video,
“a super goal for ecology, economy and quality of life”
.
Because developing the transport offer means responding to what makes up the daily life of most French people.
It is therefore still a question of linking a major structuring project to the…
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