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Floods in Pas-de-Calais: Emmanuel Macron’s announcements alongside the victims
After the rains on Tuesday, November 14, Pas-de-Calais returned to red alert. Emmanuel Macron visited the site during the day and announced a support fund of 50,000 million euros and the classification of 244 municipalities as natural disasters. – (franceinfo)
After the rains on Tuesday, November 14, Pas-de-Calais returned to red alert. Emmanuel Macron visited the site during the day and announced a support fund of 50 million euros and the classification of 244 municipalities as natural disasters.
Emmanuel Macron came on Tuesday, November 14, to see the damage in Pas-de-Calais. Homes are flooded, farmers and businesses are in great difficulty. What is the future in these areas that have been under water for several days? The President of the Republic wants to be reassuring. 244 municipalities in Pas-de-Calais and around thirty in the North must be classified as natural disasters.
Large cleaning plan
Emmanuel Macron also announced the creation of a 50 million euro support fund, in order to help communities meet initial expenses. The Head of State also assures that a major plan will be launched to allow the resumption of stream cleaning. “The regulations are too heavy, and it is sometimes not done regularly. And so, we are going to launch, first of all, a profound simplification and a major plan (…) to be able to resume this cleaning as soon as possible and to make it possible to avoid these phenomena like those that we are experiencing.“, declared Emmanuel Macron.