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President Macron with François Baroin, President of the Association of Mayors of France, at the Élysée on November 20, 2019. Thibault Camus / Pool via REUTERS

After receiving mayors at the Elysee Wednesday evening, the French president continues his offensive towards the territories, this time in a city he knows well.

Emmanuel Macron goes, this Thursday, November 21, in his hometown of Amiens. It was there that he grew up, studied until he was 16, and met his wife Brigitte. But it is not to evoke the past that it returns.

The head of state wants to talk about the future. Mr. Macron has a very busy schedule for these two days of visiting. At four months of municipal elections, he wants to advance several local issues that are close to his heart.

The president will have exchanges with researchers at the forefront of robotics, with young people from the North Amiens district, or with students. He is preparing for the problem of their precariousness to be put on the table.

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Talking about the future is also transportation; to push forward dossiers that jam as the connection of Amiens to a faster train line to Paris, or the realization of the Seine-North Europe canal, encysted for several years.

At four months of municipal, "the child of the country" shows the maneuver on concrete projects. Even if he will also display one of his failures: the failed recovery of the company Whirpool, whose buyer has closed the door.

One hundred and thirty-eight people are again fired. For them, the future is dark. The president, who was committed to this issue during the campaign, will receive Friday a delegation of alumni of the company.

The mayors of France received at the Elysée

About 2,000 cartons had been sent for this reception, organized on the sidelines of the Mayors' Congress in France. After a speech in the form of a declaration of love the day before at the Mayors' Congress in France, Emmanuel Macron continued his seduction operation at the Elysee Palace. And if Porte de Versailles, many elected regretted that the head of state did not really respond to their concerns, this Wednesday, elected officials were delighted to have thought of a "friendly moment", according to them.

The mayors of France invited to the Élysée 21/11/2019 - by Marine de La Moissonnière Listen