Jacques Serais, edited by Loane Nader 20:33 pm, March 30, 2023

On the occasion of his trip to the Hautes-Alpes to discuss the water plan, Emmanuel Macron addressed the subject of pension reforms. 200 demonstrators were part of the welcoming committee at the lake of Serre-Ponçon, kept at a distance from the President of the Republic, who evaded the answers to questions about the retirement age.

This Thursday, Emmanuel Macron was traveling in the Hautes-Alpes to address the thorny issues facing the government. Among them, ecological issues with the demonstrations in Sainte-Soline, but especially the very controversial pension reform. On the shores of Lake Serre-Ponçon, the whistles of nearly 200 demonstrators, kept several hundred meters away, were audible despite the sound of the wind. A detail that did not escape the president, although the latter still evaded the delicate questions on the postponement of the legal retirement age, from 62 to 64 years.

"But I'm not going to say the same thing every four days, otherwise we stutter. Honestly, we must move forward," he said, before justifying his trip, "We must respond to the problems of drought. We have to prepare for the upcoming season. I'm doing my job." The water sobriety plan will therefore be effective by this summer with the objective of increasing wastewater reuse from 1 to 10% by 2030.

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"Collective intelligence and the sense of effort"

"Those who explain to the nation that nothing must be changed to live well, they are like those who would have decided, 62 years ago here, not to move anything." The head of state has thus multiplied the announcements concerning the water plan, but also took the opportunity to allude to the political crisis that affects Savines-le-Lac throughout its history, a commune intimately linked to the artificial lake, consequence of the construction of a dam.

"We are a nation that knows that it is through collective intelligence and the sense of effort, sometimes for the generations after, because it is not always for us, that we build the great things," said Emmanuel Macron, "So thank you to this lesson given by the inhabitants of your commune." The conclusion of his speech was therefore a way of insisting, once again, on the notion of sacrifice that he supports to justify this reform.