Some fifteen mayors of rural communities were welcomed Monday at the Elysee to present to Emmanuel Macron the grievances expressed in recent weeks as part of the "great national debate".
"We pledged to present the grievances of our fellow citizens to the President of the Republic," said Vanik Berberian, president of the Association of Rural Mayors of France (AMRF), on his arrival at the Elysee.
"France is not only urban". "The country's situation is unique, rather unprecedented, and it is important for the government to listen to what citizens have to say," he added. "The rural territories are a little on the sidelines for 20, 30, 40 years (...) We also exist, we have things to say.France is not only urban, it is also rural", according to him .
Coming from several departments, including the Vosges and Finistere, these mayors, wearing the tricolor scarf, arrived with a huge USB key bearing grievances.
Letter from Macron: the President of the AMRF salutes a "launching pad" . Emmanuel Macron, who published Sunday the Letter to the French in which he sets the scene of the great debate, will participate Tuesday in the Eure at its first meeting with mayors. Vanik Berberian, the centrist mayor of Gargilesse-Dampierre, in the Indre, welcomed Monday morning in the letter of the President "a launching pad" of the great debate that "poses the diagnosis well," while saying fear in the end a simple " mending".