REPORT. In Marseille, in “his city of heart”, Emmanuel Macron turns Green
The badges distributed to journalists for the meeting clearly display the color. Green too, the lawn of the sumptuous Palais du Pharo which overlooks the Old Port of Marseille. The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (Mucem) on one side, Notre-Dame de la Garde, “the good mother”, on the other. “It’s incredible, this view”, blows a Young with Macron from Occitania. The choice of the outdoor meeting fits well with the holiday air blowing over this first day of the Easter weekend.
Marseilles is “my heart city”, declares Emmanuel Macron, sleeves rolled up. “Because this city has heart. » A heart rather on the left. The Marseillais placed Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the lead of the first round.
“I would like him to make a more social, greener policy”, hopes Mickaël, 27, sports journalist from Marseille, ” come see “ meeting Emmanuel Macron in his city to get an idea. In the first round, he voted blank, in the second, he votes Macron without hesitation. “It’s still a European vote. Anyway, against Marine Le Pen, except Zemmour, I would have voted for anyone. » But he would like gauges on the program. He finds that the 2017 candidate has “righteous”.
Dominique, 64, former French teacher and former socialist, is convinced. She is afraid of the extreme right. “For Trump, for Brexit, we saw nothing coming and we woke up with a hangover. I hope people will wake up before this time. »
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The expectation stronger than the balance sheet
Emmanuel Macron has endeavored to respond to these two concerns that bind his voters together: fear of the far right and “the eco-anxiety”, term used by the candidate. To the first, he repeats: “Marine Le Pen, don’t whistle her, beat her on April 24! » On the subject of ecology, he tackles: “ Even incompetent, she is climatosceptic. »
But most of his speech is devoted to the environment. First, the balance sheet: abandoned projects like Notre-Dame-des-Landes, “we did not do anything during these five years”, or the reduction of “12% of greenhouse gas emissions. Inaction, not for me! »
But what followed clearly shows that the expectation is stronger than the balance sheet. Emmanuel Macron surprises his audience when he says “not wanting to do five more years” But “refound”. He defends “a paradigm shift, a new ambition, it’s not just about going a little faster, it’s about going twice as fast, transforming politics, the economy”.
A prime minister in charge of ecological planning
His main announcement: “My next prime minister will be directly responsible for environmental planning. Because it concerns all sectors, all policies. »
He will be reinforced by two other ministers: “energy planning” to make France “the first nation to get out of gas, oil and coal”. A second, in charge of “territorial ecological planning” to establish a “massive decentralization agenda”.
From structural measures to the smallest, such as the planting of “140 million trees by 2030” or even a“Festival of Nature like the Festival of Music, for example the fourth Saturday in May”.
“Don’t give in to fear”
The organization announces 4,183 spectators this Saturday, April 16 at the Pharo, excluding journalists and volunteers from the organization. Difficult to verify, but the objective of a beautiful image is achieved, probably more than that of a demonstration of militant force. In conclusion, he lays down the terms of the second round: “April 24 is a referendum for or against the European Union, for or against ecology, for or against our youth. » I implore: “Don’t give in to fear, to “what’s the point”, to the great relativism between the one you don’t necessarily like and the far right. NOPE ! yells the candidate, It’s not the same thing ! »
“It was a meeting with a real vision of France, which brings together, summarizes Cécile, 58 years old, room of Nîmes, not serene for all that. I’m afraid that part of France does not hear this vision. It scares me. »