08:09 – Bayrou aims to rebuild Mayotte in “two years”
He is not in Mayotte but has promised to go there once his government is formed. The Prime Minister called for a rapid reconstruction of the archipelago last night on the France 2 set: “I think we must set a much shorter deadline than the five years” planned for the reconstruction of Notre-Dame a he declared, taking up the comparison made by Emmanuel Macron. “I say maybe two years. I hope we will get there. It’s a superhuman, immense task,” added François Bayrou.
08:05 – Macron again in Mayotte to visit the ravaged slums
Emmanuel Macron decided to extend his stay in Mayotte, to spend the night on the archipelago and to visit a shanty town ravaged by Cyclone Chido almost a week ago. “I decided to sleep here because I considered that, given what the population was going through”, leaving again the same day could have “established the idea that we come, we look, we leave”, explained he told the press yesterday. A decision that he presents as “a mark of respect, of consideration”, while several victims expressed their anger and their feeling of abandonment.
19/12/24 – 11:18 p.m. – In images, Emmanuel Macron heckled by the Mahorais
Thursday evening, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron faced a crowd of Mahorais who demanded his resignation, as we mentioned earlier. Here is the scene in pictures:
19/12/24 – 22:09 – “It’s underdevelopment that killed” in Mayotte, believes Jean-Luc Mélenchon
During a conference entitled “The political moment”, the founder of La France insoumise declared that “it was deprivation, underdevelopment, class contempt which killed” in Mayotte. “We are not just talking about a climatic event. We are talking about the way in which compatriots, human beings, men and women who are our brothers and sisters in humanity are treated. “, pointed out Jean-Luc Mélenchon, regretting that “thousands and thousands of people were left in barracks and shanty towns”. Precarious habitats that the rebellious leader denied having, with his group, refused to destroy because “destroying a shanty town is within everyone’s reach, but we still have to tell people where they are going go”.
19/12/24 – 9:04 p.m. – “This is the biggest disaster our country has experienced in a very long time”, says François Bayrou
Guest of The Event on France 2 Thursday evening, François Bayrou returned to the situation in Mayotte. Deploring “the greatest catastrophe that our country has known for a very long time”, he recalled the fear of the authorities of finding numerous victims under the rubble. As for the reconstruction of the “entirely devastated” island, he assured that “the State will remain present” in Mayotte, before expressing his hope of being able to “rebuild as quickly as possible, perhaps in two years “the island.
19/12/24 – 8:33 p.m. – Emmanuel Macron attacked by residents
“Macron resign!”, “You’re talking nonsense!” or even “Tomorrow, you leave again and we struggle!” launched residents of Mayotte at Emmanuel Macron this Thursday evening, relays The World. As he tried to explain the announced measures, Emmanuel Macron got annoyed: “Hey, but are you listening to me?” Faced with “no, you’re talking nonsense” from a demonstrator, the President of the Republic remarked: “If I were talking nonsense, I wouldn’t be here. I could have gone and hidden, I’m here among you!” Emmanuel Macron then set things straight: “It’s unbearable what you’ve been experiencing for six days, but I’m not the cyclone! I’m not responsible! […] I’m here to take some of the anger, because that’s my role and my function.”