Laura Laplaud 8:52 a.m., July 21, 2022, modified at 8:53 a.m., July 21, 2022

Should we review the rules, review the law?

Could the fires present in Gironde for nine days have been avoided?

For the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Marc Fesneau, "forest fires are not new phenomena".

INTERVIEW

Emmanuel Macron was in Gironde on Wednesday, meeting firefighters who have been fighting fires for nine days now.

"They are absolute heroes," said the head of state.

Could these fires have been avoided?

For Marc Fesneau, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, guest of Europe 1 Thursday, "forest fires are not new phenomena".

"Building the day after"

"It's very difficult, at a time like this, to say what we could have avoided. In any case, what we did was to make sure to mobilize the maximum possible resources against at these lights", he continued at the microphone of Europe 1.

On the spot, the president declared that it was necessary "to build the day after".

He also announced a major national project to replant the forest.

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