The announcement in a letter to the French: “We are experiencing challenges and threats to democracy: let’s not hide and don’t give up on audacity”
«I am a candidate to invent with you, in the face of the challenges of the century, a unique French and European response. I am a candidate to defend our values that the imbalances of the world threaten. I am a candidate to continue preparing the future of our children and grandchildren. To allow us to decide for ourselves today and tomorrow ». This was stated in a letter to the French published in some regional newspapers by the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, announcing his candidacy in the presidential elections. “We haven’t been able to do everything. There are choices – underlines Macron – that with the experience gained with you I would undoubtedly do differently. But the transformations undertaken during this mandate have allowed many of our compatriots to live better, France to gain independence. And the crises we have been going through for two years show that this path must be followed ”. «We are experiencing – explains the French president – upheavals at an unprecedented speed: threats to our democracies, growing inequalities, climate change, demographic transition, technological transformations. We must not hide the fact that we will not respond to these challenges by closing in on ourselves, cultivating nostalgia. It is by looking at the present with humility and lucidity, not giving up audacity, will and our taste for the future that we will succeed ».
Macron stresses that there is no “independence without economic strength. We will therefore have to work harder and continue to reduce the taxes that weigh on labor and production. In order not to be imposed by other technologies that will dominate our daily life, we will also have to continue investing in our innovation and in our research to put France at the forefront in sectors such as renewable energy, nuclear power, batteries, agriculture. , digital or space will represent the future and will allow us to become a great ecological nation, the one that will be the first to emerge from dependence on gas, oil and coal. It is with this productive reconquest thanks to work that we will be able to preserve and even improve this social model to which we are so attached and which has shown all its necessity ».
Macron also stresses that “we will fight inequalities, not so much by always trying to correct them too late, as by attacking them at the root. We will ensure that all the children of France have the same chances, that republican meritocracy will once again be a promise for everyone. For this, priority will be given to the school and our teachers, who will be freer, more respected and better paid ». Finally, underlines Macron, «defending our French specificity implies promoting a certain way of being in the world. A millennial art of living, rooted in every region, in every canton, in every city and in every village, both in metropolitan France and in our overseas territories. A story, a language, a culture that when you are French you have to know, love, share. A citizenship, which is not based only on rights, but on duties and daily commitment. Since compliance with the law is non-negotiable, we will continue to invest in our security forces and our justice. We will encourage engagement with a simple ambition: to train not just individuals and consumers, but citizens. Making republicans ». Throughout my mandate, he explains, “I have seen everywhere a spirit of unfailing resistance, a notable commitment, an untiring desire to build. I found it in our country but also by going to meet our compatriots who live abroad. In every place I have perceived the desire to take part in this beautiful and great collective adventure which is called France ».
Obviously, Macron concludes, “I will not be able to campaign as I would have liked due to the current context but with clarity and commitment I will explain our project to you, our desire to continue to carry our country forward with each of you. Together, we can make these times of crisis the starting point for a new French and European era ».
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