At Chartres Francois Hollande tries to instill optimism – Liberation

Get Better Tour Hollande continues. At Chartres, on Thursday, the president left the CEO of the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk (extending its production site Chartres) use English to praise the “dream” French, according to him, for foreign companies. “Even in English, it is a pleasure to hear of France as you have just done, welcomes a president angels behind her desk . This is better than to speak French and to speak ill. “

A week after his ” I feel better “ launched on France 2 and the criticism that followed the “denial” of the social reality of the French, the head of state continues on an optimistic register, all with slight differences: “I feel better, even if this is true it will not necessarily best for everyone. And we still have much to do. “

” Long Vision “

Like last week during an outing in a factory of the Oise, it praised the measures taken by his government to promote investment (simplification of the research tax credit, action “overdamping” etc.) and the benefits of “social dialogue within the company” to “best choices”. François Hollande then took pretext of the visit (the second of his five years here) in a business that creates jobs – 350 from 2014 and a new promise of 250 – to talk about it

“I wanted to come here to show continuity, , he said, concluding a speech about fifteen minutes before the employees of this company that produces medicines to treat diabetes . Sometimes politics is like the economy: it’s so fast, everything is taken away by the news, everything is carried away by the emergency, immediately. You end up not ensure consistency in perspective what we did. “ Next line fixed several weeks ago at the Elysee Palace, the head of state, while multiplying the right words , continues the defense of its action for four years, hoping to finally make it readable in French eyes. “In a business, if there is no vision, can not create and develop. For a country, exactly the same requirement. “ Holland insists on the ” long view “ to better spread its catastrophic popularity ratings in a year of presidential elections, which could l prevent APPLY of his estate: “what should count is the course that we have set, the consistency with which we take and especially the results that can be drawn to that hope be there. “

Macron back

the complete address, the head of State had a moment (like last week in the Oise) with employees of the company, linking discussions and photos. The Health Minister, Marisol Touraine, glued to him. But not Emmanuel Macron. Fort surveys on the economy minister has played more distant. He was called to order, the latter by all his colleagues who ask to be “collective” (the Prime Minister).

Arriving by car with the President, he spent visiting several meters behind the head of state. The latter allowing a “go for Macron” during a stop in front of a model of the site and its extension, and “Emmanuel is not there?” early in the morning, when his former colleague at the Elysee remained behind. And when a reporter tried to have a word from him on the “about Macron” the time, Holland retorted immediately: “The subject is jobs. “ This is a bit of the responsibility of a Minister of Economy and Industry. Meanwhile, Macron is ten meters behind, stormed by employees demanding selfies with him.

Lilian Alemagna Special Envoy in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir)