“We will have to hold on again” : Emmanuel Macron responded on Friday January 15 to a student who had questioned him about his distress in the face of the Covid-19 crisis, telling him to understand his “Anger” but asking him “Another effort for a few weeks”.
Heïdi Soupault, a student at Sciences-Po Strasbourg, wrote to the president a letter relayed in the media and on social networks, to tell him his “Impression of being dead” and not to have “No more dreams” with the loneliness imposed on young people deprived of lecture halls, normal student life and the professional horizon made more uncertain.
“I understand the difficulty of your work” more “All my projects collapse one after the other” and “For once I say shit to solidarity”, she wrote in this letter.
“The Obs” had collected his testimony, in video.
“It’s hard to be 20 in 2020”
“This epidemic steals a lot from you”, recognizes the Head of State in his response obtained by AFP.
“Gone is the year of study you dreamed of, the experiences you imagined, the friendships and loves you hoped for. Darkened your future which, already uncertain, suddenly became a thick fog. “
“It’s hard to be 20 years old in 2020: it was not a simple formula”, adds Emmanuel Macron, who assures that the situation of the young woman and that described by many other messages ” touch “ and the “Concerned”. “But I tell you frankly: we will have to hold on again”, he says, recalling that the epidemic situation did not allow the universities to reopen for the moment, even if some relaxations are planned for the tutorials.
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“Things will move in the right direction, but taking into account the constraints”, he promises. “So, if I understand your anger, dear Heïdi, this “Fed up” that pushes you to say stop to solidarity, I ask you to make an effort. For a few weeks “, writes the head of state.
“In this fight, I am fully aware that we have asked a lot of our youth. What you have accomplished is an example to all of us. We know what we owe you (…) I will be there to give back to your generation some of what they gave during this ordeal. “
