After defending the extension of the health pass during his visit to the Tour de France stage on Thursday, Emmanuel Macron chose to promote his economic reforms and France's recovery plan.

Visiting the CAF rolling stock factory in Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the Hautes-Pyrénées on Friday, he assured the hundred or so employees that the country could "become a great industrial nation again".

"We have become competitive again" thanks to the "gains from the reforms" carried out since the start of the five-year term, in particular that of taxation with "the reduction in corporate tax and the abolition of the ISF", he added. he rocks.

"We have no industry if there are no investments", according to him.

Emmanuel Macron praised the “industrial commitment” of the Spanish railway group CAF, which plans to invest 25 million euros in its Bagnères plant, which will increase its workforce to nearly 400 people by 2026 against 120 currently.

700,000 euros as part of the recovery plan

This Spanish investment will receive assistance of 700,000 euros as part of the recovery plan of some 100 billion euros planned to get out of the Covid-19 crisis.

The factory is working on the renovation of the RER A trainsets and the construction of a locotractor for the RATP.

CAF was also selected by SNCF for the construction of 28 Intercity-type trains.

To facilitate the development of the plant, Emmanuel Macron assured that the State would be "at the rendezvous" of the reopening of the railway line of about twenty km between Bagnères and Tarbes, for which the State is ready to invest 8 of the 20 million needed.

Continuation of the route in Lourdes

Emmanuel Macron is expected at the beginning of the afternoon in Lourdes, where he will meet with elected officials and tourism professionals, before being the first president of the Fifth Republic to officially visit the Sanctuary site.

The relaxation of health measures has allowed the return of the pilgrims, but the influx remains much lower than the pre-Covid years in the second hotel city in France after Paris, which depends 90% on tourism.

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