The day after the passage of storm Ciaran in the great West, the executive is on the ground to “meet and thank the mobilized relief forces”.
Emmanuel Macron will travel to Finistère, in Brittany, this Friday, the Élysée tells franceinfo. The region was strongly affected by the passage of storm Ciaran during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. The weather phenomenon that hit the northwest of the country left at least two dead and 16 injured. Gusts of 170 km/h or more were recorded in Finistère or Seine-Maritime.
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The head of state wants “meet and thank the relief forces mobilized during and after the passage of the storm and whose action was decisive“, explains the Élysée. Emmanuel Macron will also exchange with residents”who had to go through this ordeal“.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will go to the Caen barracks on Friday November 3 at 10:15 a.m. where she will discuss “with the firefighters, police officers, gendarmes, territorial agents and local elected officials mobilized and salute their action on the ground“, indicates the Calvados prefecture in a press release. Elisabeth Borne will visit the Landes-sur-Ajon equestrian center at 3 p.m. this Friday.”in order to discuss with leisure riding professionals on the reinstatement of the value added tax (VAT) rate of 5.5% on the activities of equestrian centers which appears in the text of the 2024 finance bill which will be examined in the Senate“, explains the Calvados prefecture.
Train traffic still disrupted
On Friday, train traffic remained disrupted in several regions, even “completely interrupted“, particularly in Hauts-de-France until the beginning of the afternoon. In Normandy, the “Train circulation will remain disrupted” and “the recovery will be very gradual”, specified the SNCF on Cherbourg – Paris scheduled for 8:58 a.m. is also deleted.” Reason: storm Ciaran – numerous obstacles on the track and broken electrical power wires“, we can read on the SNCF website.
In Brittany, “no traffic will be possible on Friday between Lorient – Quimper, Saint-Brieuc – Brest, Quimper – Brest, Guingamp – Carhaix, Guingamp – Paimpol, Plouaret – Lannion“, indicates TERBreizhGO on X.