Saclay (France) (AFP)
Emmanuel Macron regretted the "incessant hunt for error" in France, which has become "a nation of 66 million prosecutors", during the announcement Thursday in Saclay of a national investment plan in quantum technologies.
In an allusion to the many criticisms on the management of the health crisis by the government, the Head of State also considered that "the one who does not make mistakes is the one who does not seek, who does nothing or which mechanically does the same thing as the day before ", during a speech on the Saclay plateau.
Boasting a national investment plan of 1.8 billion euros in quantum technologies, he estimated that "this strategy assumes the share of risks and errors."
"And I say this because what goes with French mistrust is also this kind of incessant pursuit of error. That is to say, we have become a nation of 66 million prosecutors. It is not not like that we face the crisis or that we advance ", he denounced.
"We need to have women and men who seek, who have the capacity to invent what is not yet noticeable and to make mistakes in order to be able to correct as quickly as possible and improve. that makes a great nation, "he said, adding that" our mistakes are what teaches us the most. "
The Head of State estimated that "one of France's problems is mistrust", "widely documented by many researchers".
"I believe that we get there through confidence", he continued, also insisting on the need to "always continue to look at the horizon and prepare for the next day" because "otherwise we will suffer the crises to come" .
Since the start of the Covid crisis, the executive has been widely criticized for its management of the epidemic, in particular on the masks, the tests and now the vaccination campaign, considered too sluggish at the start.
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