As every year for more than 45 years, the “republican cake” was celebrated Wednesday afternoon at the Elysee Palace, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron.
It is a tradition which resists the health crisis. The “republican galette”, which has been held every year since 1975 at the Elysee Palace, was celebrated on Wednesday afternoon, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron, a hundred bakers, pastry chefs and the best workers in France and Fabrice Desvignes , head of the presidential palace kitchens.
With a wingspan of 1.20 meters, it was this year prepared by a Parisian pastry chef with 6 kg of frangipane and 6 kg of puff pastry. It is never garnished with a bean. As a health precaution, the cake was not tasted during the reception.
During a speech, the President of the Republic, who has not yet announced his decision to stand for re-election or not, paid tribute to “humble, silent France at work”, “this silent France which ‘we hear so little because she gets up early to work ”. He also defended the record of the five-year term in terms of business creation, with “final results” in 2021 where “nearly a million businesses have been created”, but also learning. “The numbers for 2021 are simply exceptional. We should exceed the 700,000 young people who have signed a contract, ”he said.
He promises to “fight” to include the French baguette in the intangible world heritage of Unesco
“We can go much further”, he added, affirming his will to “go further in the reform of vocational education”. Entered into force in 2018, the apprenticeship reform “is the archetype of the reforms that we must make”, according to him. “Let’s simplify and trust” the professional branches, he said. Accessible to young people aged 16 to 29, apprenticeship is based on the principle of alternating between theoretical education and vocational training with the employer with whom the apprentice has signed his contract.
Emmanuel Macron also promised to “fight” to include the French baguette, “our pride and our way of life”, as part of Unesco’s intangible world heritage. Unesco’s decision is expected in October. Some 32 million baguettes are produced every day, recalled the president, who symbolically put a baguette in a bread oven installed for the occasion in the gardens of the Elysee.
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