The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron assured Monday that "the whole government" was mobilized to cope with the heat wave that led to the postponement of the brevet des collèges.
"This meteorological event has been planned, anticipated and therefore there is a mobilization of the entire government," said the president leaving the "summit of the two shores" of the Mediterranean organized in Marseille.
"Special vigilance in emergency services and health services"
The president announced that a communication will be made as early as Tuesday in the Council of Ministers: "It will fully inform our fellow citizens on all initiatives taken," he said.
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"We also expect the employers to arrange things," added the President of the Republic, moments after the announcement by the Minister of National Education of the postponement of the written tests of the patent of colleges, before insisting on the "special vigilance in emergency services and health services like the Ehpad".
53 departments placed on alert orange
"As you know, in these times, it is sick people, pregnant women, infants and the elderly who are the most vulnerable and with whom we must be not only vigilant, have preventive measures" and "to intervene as quickly as possible," he said.
Some 53 departments of central and eastern France were placed Monday in orange alert for the heat wave by Météo-France.