“We are faced with the enormous risk of a major global crisis. And I don’t know if we are able to deal with it.” This observation of a return to school already marked by dark days is that of François Bayrou, who shares, in his permanent exchanges with the President of the Republic, this view of a world caught in an infernal gear. The president of the Modem no longer conceals his concern.
She even won the pinnacle of power, right to the heart of the Élysée. Emmanuel Macron did not denounce during his speech in Bormes-les-Mimosas “brutal attack” from Russia to Ukraine and called on the French to “to accept to pay the price of freedom” facing the consequences in Europe? Even at the height of the Covid crisis, the Head of State had not accustomed us to such pessimism.
Could it be otherwise, after six months of a war that is causing a chain reaction that has become uncontrollable. “The whole question is whether French society will be able to withstand the shocks that lie ahead”, asks the High Commissioner for Planning and Mayor of Pau. Hyperinflation, vertiginous rise in energy costs, risk of power or gas cuts this winter, debt…
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Without trust, the economic machine seizes up. Germany, the locomotive of Europe, has entered an unprecedented crisis. Fears of a recession are growing in the United States. China itself is experiencing a sharp slowdown. How can we hold on in this constrained and anxiety-provoking context? Is the government equipped to deal with it? Ministers face major challenges: climate, social, security. With a conflict that is here to stay.
“Putin’s war of annexation in this Europe which believed itself to be safe is causing the planet to experience a crisis that we have not known since the Second World War”.
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The controversies that agitate our public debate quickly run the risk of seeming ridiculous to us. Post-Covid France was promised a rebound in growth, a new start driven by an encouraging recovery. This scenario has lived. The question is posed: will we even have the capacity to reform?
We will now have to learn to live with this anxiety that the highest officials of this country can no longer even hide.