It is therefore a “war” that opens the return of Emmanuel Macron. One more. Monday, September 5, during a press conference linked to the energy crisis caused by the Ukrainian conflict, the President of the Republic assumed the term, reviving the martial vocabulary he had already used during the Covid-19 pandemic. 19. “We are at war, it’s a fact”, he launched, referring to the consequences of the Russian invasion for the rest of Europe. This conflict, which in his eyes marks the “return of tragedy” on the Old Continent, forces Europe and France to put themselves in battle order. To retaliate against Moscow, which uses the gas it delivers to the Twenty-Seven as a ” war weapon “the Head of State detailed the strategy implemented.
A few minutes after having held a videoconference with his German counterpart, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose points of view he claims to share, Emmanuel Macron praised the reaction « European of the Member States in the face of this crisis. And it’s “in European” that the Head of State wants to continue the parade and counter the Russian threat to completely cut off gas deliveries to Europe. As to “war profiteers” that Emmanuel Macron mentioned during a conference on the sidelines of the G7 on June 28, the head of state judges ” essential “ to put in place measures to combat “speculative practices” in the energy markets.
“Don’t come back for me”
Also, when the left opposition calls for taxing the “super profits” of companies generated by the crisis – going up to call for a shared initiative referendum on the question – the Head of State responds via the European channel. He says he is in favor “to a European contribution mechanism”a contribution which could then be paid back to the Member States to finance their targeted national measures. “This is the approach that France and Germany support, it is the most coherent to avoid distortions between European countries, it is the fairest and it would be the most effective”he assures us, while the German government has already shown its desire to harnessing the superprofits of energy sector companies -, with the same mechanism as that used in France, specifies Bercy.
Like the German Chancellor, Emmanuel Macron says he is ready to act at the national level if the European Commission refuses or delays in acting. A way to demine the debates and close the internal controversies – a few days ago, before the Medef, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, opposed in principle to any new tax, had assured about the superprofits: ” I do not know what it is. »
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