The first speech since the outbreak of the protests .. What Macaron said to the French?

French President Emmanuel Macaron has announced a series of measures to boost French purchasing power, notably a 100-euro minimum salary increase starting next month.

"We are in a historic moment," he said in a televised speech of about 13 minutes against the backdrop of the protests in France led by the yellow jackets for about a month.

The French president said the bill for an increase in the minimum wage would not be paid by companies.

He also announced the abolition of the tax on pensions as well as the abolition of the tax on overtime and the provision of a grant to needy families.

"We will respond to the urgent economic and social situation with strong measures by cutting taxes faster and by continuing to control our spending, but without retreating from our policy," he said.

The roots of the crisis
"I bear part of the situation we are living in, even though the roots of the current crisis are old," McCron said, adding that the country's recent protests were due to "a 40-year-old crisis" and stressed that " Crisis together as a unified people ".

He also criticized the riots of popular protests in French cities. "No anger can justify acts of violence and riots," he said.

The speech on Monday was the first speech by the president to the people since the outbreak of the protests led by the yellow belt movement about a month ago, the last of which was last Saturday, or the so-called "fourth round," which ended violent clashes between security forces and demonstrators, and the destruction and destruction of shops and property Private and public.