President Emmanuel Macron warned the French on Wednesday August 24 of “ the big seesaw » which marks the start of the school year with « the end of abundance », « evidence ” and ” carelessness “. ” It’s a big shift we’re going through “warned the Head of State, returning to the recent” series of severe seizures », From Ukraine to drought, in the preamble to the Council of Ministers back to Paris.
” The moment we live in may seem to be structured by a series of serious crises (…) and it could be that some see our destiny as being to perpetually manage crises or emergencies “, declared Emmanuel Macron during a speech in front of his ministers, exceptionally broadcast.
Whereas, faced with this situation, our compatriots can react with great anxiety “, he called on the members of the government to ” say things », to the « name with great clarity and without catastrophism “. The President of the Republic added that he expected the government to respect the word given and the commitments made with regard to the nation.
What we are experiencing is of the order of a great shift or a great upheaval
Emmanuel Macron in the preamble to the Council of Ministers
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A call to order in the face of the strengthening of authoritarian regimes
“ What I hope we can do in the coming weeks and months is to reaffirm a very strong unity of the government, of the forces of the majority ” around “ on a course that will allow us to consolidate our sovereignty, our French and European independence “, specified Emmanuel Macron.
In front of “ the rise of illiberal regimes ” and “ the strengthening of authoritarian regimes “, the president called on his ministers to “ serious “, at “ credibility » and not to give in to the temptation of « demagogy “.
The opportunity also for Emmanuel Macron to recall that he is “ easy to promise anything and everything, sometimes to say anything and everything. Do not give in to these temptations, it is that of demagoguery. They flourish in all democracies today, in a complex and frightening world. It can always seem attractive to say what people want to hear (…) but first you have to reason by asking yourself if it is effective and useful “, he added, without citing concrete examples.
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(with AFP)