2023-04-27 10:29:21
The Head of State granted himself a surprise visit to a market in the town of Dole.
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Dinah Cohen
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Emmanuel Macron does not let go. This Thursday, the Head of State even granted himself a surprise walkabout in Dole, in the Jura, where he must pay tribute on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in France. Visiting a market, the president engaged in a lively exchange with Fabrice Schlegel, a former figure in the “yellow vests”.
«You haven’t saved anything at all!», «if others do harm, we must do harm?», «we need efficiency in spending!For several minutes, the ex-militant of the roundabouts movement thus challenged Emmanuel Macron, first on sa gestion du Covid and its economic consequences, then on the state of hospitals in France. Facing him, the Head of State retorted, assuring that the government has a lot “helped during this period of Covid where we have closed everything”, that taxes have decreased during his five-year term and that “if the hospital is in this mess, it is because we have massively under-invested for decades».
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“They are the ones who made the idiots”
On retirees, the tenant of the Élysée also defended himself. “What I find great is someone like you picking me up on public spending“, he thus launched. And to continue:One of the only ways to save money on current expenses is precisely pensions. You cut spending, you deal with your deficit and you create more pensions because there are more people working.»
Faced with the skepticism of his interlocutor, Emmanuel Macron “invited to look at the statistical documents». «You will see that you talk a lot of nonsense“, he said with a smile. To which Fabrice Schlegel replied with amusement: “Ah well you, you say a lot of nonsense every day! For five years, I assure you, you beat me! You can smoke out the French, but there are still a few of us!»
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The two men then shook hands to part with these words from the former “yellow vest”: “You still have four years, that’s the game, that’s democracy, you’ve been elected. The French are the ones who made the idiots.»
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