Emmanuel Macron is already back in Bigorre, less than three months after his last trip to the Hautes-Pyrénées. The President of the Republic will be present, Thursday, in the department. He must go to Tarbes, Argelès-Gazost and Hautacam.
Meeting with breeders about the wolf
The Head of State will first go to Tarbes for a visit to the sports factory, on the Arsenal website. It is a huge sports complex, 11,000 m2 of equipment with climbing walls unique in France, intended for associations in the Tarb area.
Following the presidential visit to Argeles-Gazost for “a time of exchange with the actors of the Pyrenean pastoralism“according to the Elysée. Objective of this exchange: calm the anger of breeders in the Hautacam sector who have been demonstrating for several weeks against the presence of the wolfwho killed many of their sheep. The breeders ask that we get rid of this wolf. With the approach of the passage of the Tour de France, everything has been done for several days by the prefecture to respond to their anger. The Gap Wolf Brigade was even sent to the site at the beginning of the week.
Then the end of the visit to Bigorre will certainly be more pleasant for the Head of State, who will follow the stage of the Tour de France Lourdes-Hautacam. The President of the Republic will follow this stage alongside Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France, then will attend the award ceremony and distinctive jerseys.