Emmanuel Macron assures that the protests will not prevent him from “moving forward”

“I continue to fight for the country to move forward”. A year after his re-election, Emmanuel Macron said Monday, April 24, determined to “beat” to defend his “big projects”assuring that his unpopularity and the protests would not prevent him “to move forward”. The Head of State made this statement during a stop in Ostend (Belgium), where a summit of North Sea countries is being held devoted to the development of offshore wind power.

“I want to continue to fight for the country’s major projects, the major construction sites“, he added, listing the “climate transition”THE “major public services”the struggle “against long-term unemployment”. He also defended his “results” in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, job creation, reindustrialisation.

“It will not prevent the government from moving forward”

While more or less numerous demonstrators follow him wherever he is announced, including in Belgium, and while the movements of some of his ministers are severely disrupted, Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed that “disagreements” And “the protests” were “completely legitimate in a democracy”.

“The incivility which consists in covering voices or preventing people from doing their job is unacceptable and therefore it will not prevent the government from moving forward, nor yours truly”he assured.