On the second day of his trip to Reunion, Emmanuel Macron made a surprise visit on Thursday morning in a district of Saint-Denis, where residents told him of their difficulties with "the expensive life".
Accompanied in particular by the mayor PS Gilbert Annette, the head of state went to meet the inhabitants of the district of Camellias, renovated as part of the Anru, to "understand what works and what does not work". "There is social injustice, where are the answers?" Asked a young person, while another questioned: "Where is the place of the young, where is the place of the neighborhoods?" Young members of an association explained to the head of state their work to "raise the level, set the example for other neighborhoods", while focusing on the "scourge" of drugs and the lack of means.
"The means we ask for are sometimes simply human means"
"You have to give them the means," said an assistant mayor, "because they have good ideas, they know the neighborhood.The means we ask for are sometimes simply human means." "The end of the month, where is the end of the month? 15", launched a man to the president, sometimes called in Creole. One pensioner said she had "worked for 45 years" and called on the head of state to "take a look at the seniors", stressing that "social housing is not accessible" and that "it is necessary to tighten your belt to travel ". "Donors, we will look with Anru those who have increased rents," promised Mr. Macron. The President also noted that the "free jobs" scheme was "little used". But "I prefer that to do jobs helped," he said.
He also said "to believe a lot in education", arguing the results of the government's policy of dividing by two the number of students per class in neighborhoods in difficulty. He gave the example of a class of CE2 where "two years ago, out of 30 pupils, 25 could not read". After dividing the class by two,