Emmanuel Macron expected in the Hautes-Alpes to present a plan on water management

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11:53 : Two demonstrators were arrested and placed in police custody for “contempt and rebellion” in Savines (Hautes-Alpes), on the sidelines of the trip by Emmanuel Macron, who is due to arrive there soon. Earlier, official vehicles were booed, but not the presidential vehicle itself, which has not yet passed, contrary to what I had understood and written at first.

11:19 a.m. : France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur follows the gathering of opponents of the pension reform live in Savines (Hautes-Alpes), where Emmanuel Macron will present the “water plan”. Official vehicles passed under the boos of demonstrators, who were pushed back by the police as they tried to occupy the road.

10:19 : Union welcome committee very upset against Emmanuel Macron in Savines-le-lac. Strong tensions with the police. @LCI @TF1Info https://t.co/f9XMDkssmW

10:18 a.m. : About 400 people at Savines le Lac, very upset (understatement) against Emmanuel Macron. The gasses are out. The gendarmes make a cordon to prevent the demonstrators from blocking the road. @RMCInfo https://t.co/BaqXq9kaPO

10:19 : A little over two hours before Emmanuel Macron’s presentation of the “water plan” in Savines-le-Lac (Hautes-Alpes), several hundred demonstrators are already waiting for him there and are facing the police , according to journalists from RMC and LCI. In a context obviously marked by the pension reform, the CGT of the department had in particular called yesterday to “invading Macron”.

09:02 : The State will reduce its water consumption as part of the executive plan, assures the Minister of Public Service Stanislas Guérini on franceinfo. It sets a 10% reduction as its objective. The government will “support the administration” to implement tools such as “aerators on taps” Or “devices where you save on flushing”.

07:52 : While Press Center is concerned about the consequences of the drought on the dams, Opinion underlines the particular context in which Emmanuel Macron presents the “water plan” just now, less than a week after the demonstration in Sainte-Soline. The daily, which defends the basins disputed by the demonstrators, is concerned about a “holy solinization of the debate”.

07:15 : The presentation of the “water plan” comes at a time when twelve departments of France are already, on part of their territory, at the level of alert, heightened alert or crisis due to the lack of water, such as the shows the map of the areas concerned on the government website Propluvia. This is not the case of the Hautes-Alpes, but all the neighboring departments are at least concerned by “vigilance”.

06:31 : Solutions to the lack of water will be at the heart of Emmanuel Macron’s trip to the Hautes-Alpes, later, where he will present the executive’s “water plan”. France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur explains to you what is expected of his speech, why it will be delivered at Lake Serre-Ponçon and how the challenge of the pension reform could be invited to the program.

07:27 : If the clashes between demonstrators and gendarmes in Sainte-Soline were particularly commented on, the demonstration also shone the spotlight on the debate around “mega-basins”, like the one planned on this site. And in particular on what the IPCC says about it. Water storage is mentioned in the reports of climate experts, but can we say that it is recommended? Our journalist Quang Pham explains why it’s a little more complicated.

(DELPHINE LEFEBVRE / HANS LUCAS / AFP)