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Shortly before the opening of the G7 summit in Biarritz, French President Emmanuel Macron just spoke on Saturday, August 24 live on radio and television to explain the issues of this summit. During an unprecedented speech, the Head of State wished to detail the objectives sought during these meetings and their link with the concrete life of the French.
With our special correspondent in Biarritz, Valérie Gas
It is the return for Emmanuel Macron, and the President of the Republic wants above all to succeed with the French. He tries here at the G7 to show that the destiny of France is linked to the destiny of the world, that the life of the French also depends on what will be said and decided at this summit. That's why he came to talk to them. He hears that this summit is useful, that it is not only a great meeting between leaders caulked in large hotels and protected protesters by an armada of police.
So, that the G7 is criticized as a format that is no longer adapted to the state of the world, Emmanuel Macron recognizes it. Moreover, that is why he decided to invite eight countries to participate in the G7. The goal of the president is to form coalitions of states that get involved and engage on the big issues and the first of these big topics is the climate. The head of state has made it one of his priorities for this G7.
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He spoke about it upstream with Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi, and since yesterday he has been in a standoff with Jair Bolsonaro over the fires in the Amazon rainforest. He spoke again in his speech, he wants to relaunch calls to make short-term actions, to fight against fires but also in the longer term to protect against deforestation.
The first " eco-responsible " summit
The President of the Republic "sells" also this G7 as the first "eco-responsible" summit that will try to offset its carbon impact and it counts on concrete announcements in highly polluting areas such as transport or textiles.
The other idea of the President is that the French, like all the other inhabitants of the planet have a role to play. They are the ones who will apply good practices and make progress. Emmanuel Macron is at the same time in full operation of pedagogy vis-à-vis these fellow citizens and he wants to show them that now he wants to associate them with his policy.
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