Emmanuel Macron promises “civic rearmament” and a “year of French pride” for 2024

2023-12-31 21:32:07

During his traditional televised speech, Emmanuel Macron promised, Sunday December 31, a year 2024 “determination, efficiency and results” made of “civic rearmament” and of “French pride”. The 13-minute speech was delivered from the Élysée gardens, in front of the flags of the Olympic nations ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.

Highlighting his 2023 results, the Head of State defended in particular the pension reform but also the immigration law, passed at the very end of the year. He also thanked ” Especially “ the head of government and her ministers while rumors of a reshuffle, or even a change at Matignon, circulate.

For 2024, Mr. Macron mentioned upcoming projects on “school, childhood and education (…), [une] Stronger Republic » and industrial, technological and scientific rearmament, while providing a political meeting ” in the next weeks “.

The European elections: a “decisive choice”

The President of the Republic also wishes to engage the “civic rearmament”, maintaining that membership in the « France » revolves around“a culture, a history, a language, universal values ​​which are learned from a very young age, in each generation”.

Internationally, Emmanuel Macron spoke about the war in Ukraine and the war between Hamas and Israel. But above all, the Head of State spoke of “decisive choice” which he believes will play out during the European elections in June, between “continue Europe or block it”. “We will have to choose a stronger and more sovereign Europe in light of the legacy of Jacques Delors”he said, and choose between “affirm the strength of our liberal democracies or give in to the lies that sow chaos”.

Finally, the President of the Republic promised a “French vintage” during the new year, evoking future deadlines: the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, after the fire which destroyed it in 2019, the commemorations of the Normandy landings or even the hosting of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.

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