Between Holland and Macron, a “courteous” lunch devoted to “the economic and social emergency”

Emmanuel Macron continues his consultations for the end of the crisis. After meeting Tuesday afternoon with Nicolas Sarkozy, the Head of State received for lunch this Friday his predecessor, François Hollande. The former President of the Republic urged his successor to “make economic and social emergency” to “priorityFor the post-coronavirus. Even though it was their first one-on-one breakfast since the 2017 presidential election, “the tone was courteous, frank and republican».

According to those around him, the socialist sounded the alarm on “the economic and social crisis to come». «His concern is even greater today, given the expected deterioration of the situation in the coming months“, AFP was told. The former head of state notably mentioned “the specific case of the BorgWarner company which announced yesterday (Thursday) the outright closure of its Eyrein site in Corrèze, resulting in the loss of nearly 400 jobs».

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François Hollande returned three times to the Élysée in three years

«The situation calls for strong ecological decisions” more “nothing must be undertaken which could divide, in a period when our country first needs appeasement“Insisted François Hollande, alluding”at potential referendum and the regional reports regularly mentioned in the press».

François Hollande had already visited the Élysée twice since the election of Emmanuel Macron: a first time in September 2017, after Paris won the 2024 Olympic Games; and another time during a tribute lunch to Jacques Chirac, after his death in September 2019.

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