TEST TIME – Emmanuel Macron warned on Friday, during his vows for 2022, that “the coming weeks will be difficult” but that there were “real reasons to hope” thanks to the vaccine and that “2022 would be maybe the year the epidemic came out “.
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Emmanuel Macron warned on Friday, during his vows for 2022, that “the coming weeks will be difficult” but that there were “real reasons to hope” thanks to the vaccine and that “2022 may be the year exit from the epidemic “.
Thanks to the vaccine, “we will be able to overcome this wave in this way”, he added, promising to “do everything to preserve the activity of the country” and “avoid taking restrictions that weigh on our freedom”.
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WISHES FROM EMMANUEL MACRON
The main points of the president’s wishes for 2022, the last of his term.
– Vaccine : Emmanuel Macron called on the “five million unvaccinated” to “make this simple gesture”, assuring them: “France is counting on you”.
– Health crisis : the president justified the last measures taken to slow down the epidemic wave, while wanting to be optimistic for the coming year: “2022 will perhaps be the year of the end of the epidemic”.
– Europe : just after midnight, in the first minute of 2022, France will take over the rotating presidency of the European Union, an issue that Emmanuel Macron strongly underlined.
– Balance sheet : the French president very quickly enumerated a certain number of recent measures and projects of his government, to conclude: “France, in spite of the tests, is stronger than two years ago”.
– Candidacy : Emmanuel Macron recalled the challenges of the presidential election in 2022, without committing to present himself, however promising an enigmatic: “Whatever my place and the circumstances, I will continue to serve you”.
PRESIDENTIAL VOWS
At the heart of the last wishes of Emmanuel Macron’s five-year term, the health crisis, the means to get out of it, and a little hope.
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WISHES FROM EMMANUEL MACRON
The main points of the president’s wishes for 2022, the last of his term.
– Vaccine : Emmanuel Macron called on the “five million unvaccinated” to “make this simple gesture”, assuring them: “France is counting on you”.
– Health crisis : the president justified the last measures taken to slow down the epidemic wave, while wanting to be optimistic for the coming year: “2022 will perhaps be the year of the end of the epidemic”.
– Europe : just after midnight, in the first minute of 2022, France will take over the rotating presidency of the European Union, an issue that Emmanuel Macron strongly underlined.
– Balance sheet : the French president very quickly enumerated a certain number of recent measures and projects of his government, to conclude: “France, in spite of the tests, is stronger than two years ago”.
– Candidacy : Emmanuel Macron recalled the challenges of the presidential election in 2022, without committing to present himself, however promising an enigmatic: “Whatever my place and the circumstances, I will continue to serve you”.
EMMANUEL MACRON MAINTAINING THE SUSPENSE
During his wishes for 2022, Emmanuel Macron mentioned the stake of the presidential election to come this year, while remaining enigmatic about his own candidacy: “Whatever my place and the circumstances”, did he declare, “I will continue to serve you”.
“FRANCE (…) STRONGER THAN TWO YEARS AGO”
The French president enumerated the last decisions of his mandate “in recent weeks and for the next few months”, assuring that “France, despite the hardships, is stronger than two years ago”.
“FRANCE COUNTS ON YOU”
Emmanuel Macron spoke directly to the “five million unvaccinated”, calling on them to make “this simple gesture”. “France is counting on you,” added the President of the Republic, who began his wishes for 2022 by recalling the “123,000 compatriots” who died as a result of the Covid.
EMMANUEL MACRON AT THE ÉLYSÉE
The President of the Republic returned from Fort Brégançon (Var), a presidential resort, where he spent the week. He is at the Élysée Palace, from where he will hold his greeting speech.
ONE YEAR AGO…
On December 31, 2020, the Head of State paid tribute to the French, and in particular to those who had been in the forefront in the battle against the pandemic. He then hoped for an improvement in the spring of 2021 …
VIDEO – Wishes: a year ago, Emmanuel Macron hoped for a health improvement in spring 2021
WHAT WILL EMMANUEL MACRON SAY?
The Élysée has given very little information on the content of the presidential vows. The entourage of the Head of State, however, indicated that it would be a question of the health situation, but also the results of the past year and the outlook for the country. He will also evoke the European Union, of which France takes the rotating presidency for six months, this Friday evening from midnight.
“This will be an opportunity to talk about France and the French, challenges, successes too”, we were told.
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Welcome to our direct. From 8 p.m., you can follow here, as well as on TF1 and LCI (channel 26), Emmanuel Macron’s greeting speech to the French. A classic in the republican tradition, marked for the second consecutive New Year’s Eve by the ubiquitous Covid-19 pandemic.
It is one of the essential republican traditions for a President of the Republic. As every year, Emmanuel Macron said this Friday, December 31 at 8 p.m., from the Elysee Palace, his wishes to the French, in a context marked, for the second consecutive New Year’s Eve, by the health crisis which continues to occupy all the space. Politics.
The Head of State, who has not spoken since Christmas Eve and his trip to Fort Brégançon (Var), lent himself to this “republican exercise“by evoking, of course, “the health context” marked by the explosion of cases of Covid-19 linked to the Omicron variant and the recent decisions taken by the Health Defense Council to try to limit what the executive now presents as a “tsunami”.
These wishes, which are inserted between the Defense Council of December 27 and a new Council expected on January 5, have not resulted in new announcements in the health plan.
Previously, the head of state had posted on Twitter a video offering a “retro” of the year 2021.
“Challenges” and “successes” on the menu
The Head of State took advantage of New Year’s Eve to project the French into the coming year. “Beyond the simple assessment and perspectives, it will be an opportunity to talk about France and the French, challenges, successes too”, was indicated to LCI in the presidential entourage.
There was also talk of the rotating presidency of the European Union, of which France will assume responsibility from Saturday, just four months before the presidential election.
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During his vows last year, Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the French for the “sacrifices” and the “good citizenship” which they had demonstrated during the first months of the pandemic. “Together, we emerge even more united and having learned a lot. In 2021, whatever happens, we will be able to face the crises”, he had assured. “The first months of the year will be difficult, and at least until spring, the epidemic will weigh on the life of our country”, he had also predicted.
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This Friday evening, Jean Castex will be on the bridge, alongside the military, announced Thursday Matignon in a press release. The Prime Minister will pay tribute to them on the occasion of a visit to the Ministry of the Armed Forces, to the on-call soldiers of the Center for the Planning and Conduct of Operations, which commands the 30,000 soldiers deployed in foreign operations. Then, he will meet the soldiers of Operation Sentinel, mobilized in Paris for the night of New Year’s Eve.
The Prime Minister will finally go to meet the carers of the resuscitation service of the Cochin hospital, then the firefighters of Paris.
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