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Macron speech (cont.)

We want to build a France of merit, of work, of a France where our children will live better than we do. This can only be achieved through better schools, universities, apprenticeships and training that teach the youngest and oldest what it takes to live free and work. The investment in the Nation, in school and training is unprecedented and I can confirm this. We want a France where people can live with dignity from their work. On this point, we went too slowly. I want to intervene quickly and concretely on this subject. I ask the government and Parliament to do what is necessary to ensure that we can live better from our work early next year. The salary of a worker at the SMIC will increase by 100 euros per month from 2019 without costing the employer an additional single euro. I want to get back to the right idea: that accepted overtime constitutes extra income; overtime will be paid without taxes or charges from 2019. And I want a real improvement to be immediately noticeable; that's why I will ask all employers who can, to pay an end-of-year bonus to their employees and this bonus will not carry any taxes or charges. Retired people are a precious part of our Nation. For those who receive less than 2,000 euros per month, we will cancel in 2019 the increase in CSG suffered this year; the effort they were asked to make was too great and it was not fair. As of tomorrow, the Prime Minister will present all these decisions to parliamentarians. But we must not stop there. I need our big companies, our wealthiest citizens, to help the Nation succeed; I will bring them together and make decisions to that end this week. I know that some would like me to come back to the reform of the wealth tax in this context, but for almost 40 years it has existed; were we living better during that period? The richest people were leaving and our country was getting weaker. In accordance with the commitments made to you, this tax has been abolished for those who invest in our economy and thus help to create jobs; on the contrary, it has been maintained for those who have real estate assets. Going back would weaken us at a time when we are recreating jobs in all sectors. However, the government and Parliament will have to go further to put an end to undue benefits and tax evasion. The manager of a French company must pay his taxes in France and the large companies that make profits there must pay taxes, that is simple justice. As you can see, we will respond to the economic and social emergency with strong measures, faster tax cuts, better control of spending rather than setbacks. I intend the government to pursue the ambition of the transformations of our country that the people chose 18 months ago; we have before us a profound reform of the State, unemployment benefits and pensions.

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Macron speech (cont.) They are essential. We want fairer, simpler, clearer rules that reward those who work. But today, it is also with our collective project that we must renew. For France and for Europe. That is why the announced national debate must be much broader. To do this, we must first of all, assume all our duties together. The duty to produce in order to be able to redistribute, the duty to learn in order to be a free citizen, the duty to change in order to take into account the urgency of our climate and budgetary debt. To succeed, we must come together and address all the issues essential to the Nation. I want the questions that concern representation to be asked; the possibility of a better understanding of the diversity of opinion, a fairer electoral law, the consideration of the blank vote and even the admission of non-party citizens to participate in the debate. I want to ask the question of the balance of our taxation so that it allows both justice and efficiency in the country. I want the question of our daily lives to be asked in order to face climate change: housing, travel and heating. And the right solutions will also emerge from the field. I want to ask the question of the organization of the State, the way it is governed and administered from Paris, probably too centralized for decades. And the question of public service in all our territories. I also want us to agree with the Nation itself on what its deep identity is, to address the issue of immigration. We have to face it. These fundamental changes, which require profound and shared reflection, require an unprecedented debate. It must take place at national level in our institutions, everyone will have their part to play: government, assemblies, social partners and associations; you will have your part to play. I want to coordinate it myself, receive advice from it, and thus take the living pulse of our country But, such a debate is not only a matter for institutional representatives; it must also take place everywhere on the ground and there are natural interlocutors, citizens who must receive requests and act as relays: they are the mayors; they bring the Republic to the field. That is why I will meet myself with the mayors of France, region by region, to build the foundation of our new contract for the Nation. We will not return to the normal course of our lives, as too often in the past in similar crises, without anything really being understood and without anything changing. We are at a historic moment for our country: through dialogue, respect and commitment, we will succeed. We are at work and I will come back to you to report back to you. My only concern is you; my only fight is for you. Our only battle is for France. Long live the Republic, long live France. »

>>4264621 (pb)

Sorry, newfag here, trying to get this right. This is the beginning of Macron's speech. See two other parts above.

Yes, Macron did declare a state of emergency,https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/emmanuel-macron-has-declared-a-state-of-emergency-in-france-and-vowed-to-take-action/news-story/2eb0bd8044c8f0e689364f4169e2d56a

Don't know if it impies what was stated in the post though. You can find the transcript of what he said here https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/12/10/le-verbatim-de-l-allocution-televisee-du-president-de-la-republique_5395523_823448.html

and my translation of the full transcript:

People of France, here we are together at the crossroads of our country and our future. The events of recent weeks in France and overseas have deeply disturbed the nation. They have mixed legitimate demands with a series of unacceptable acts of violence and I want to tell you right away that we will not indulge these acts of violence. We have all seen the game of opportunists who have tried to take advantage of sincere anger to lead them elsewhere. We have all seen the irresponsible, politically inclined people whose only plan was to shake up the Republic, seeking disorder and anarchy. There is no anger that can justify attacking a police officer, a gendarme, a business or public building. Our freedom exists only because everyone can express their opinions, because others can share them without anyone having to be afraid of disagreements. When violence breaks out, freedom ceases. It is therefore now time for calm and republican order to prevail. We will do everything in our power to do so, because nothing sustainable can be built as long as we fear for civil peace. I have given the government the most rigorous instructions in this regard. But at the beginning of all this, I know that there is anger, indignation, and this indignation, many of us, many French people, share it and I do not want to reduce it to the unacceptable behaviour that I have just denounced. It was first an anger against a tax and the Prime Minister responded by cancelling and removing all the increases planned for early next year, but this anger is deeper, I feel it is good in many ways. This can be our chance. It is the anger of the couple, both employees who can’t make ends meet, who get up early every day and come back late at night to go work far from home. It is that of a single mother, widowed or divorced, who no longer enjoys life, who cannot afford childcare and make ends meet and no longer has any hope. I saw them, these women of courage for the first time shouting their distress on so many roundabouts. It is that of modest retirees who have contributed their entire lives, who often help both parents and children and do not make it out winners. It is the anger of the most vulnerable, of people with disabilities whose place in society is not yet sufficiently recognized. Their distress is not new, but we had finally gotten used to it and deep down, everything was happening as if they were forgotten, erased. Forty years of unease have resurfaced: the unease of workers who no longer have a place; the unease of territories, villages and neighbourhoods where public services are lessened and the living environment is deteriorating; the democratic unease where the feeling of not being heard is developing; the unease of changes in our society, of a shaken secularism and of lifestyles that create barriers and distance. It comes from far back, but it's here now. We have probably not been able to provide a sufficiently rapid and strong response for a year and a half. I am partly responsible for this. I may have given you the feeling that it was not my concern, that I had other priorities. I also know that I have hurt some of you with my words. I want to be very clear with you tonight. If I have fought to shake up the political system in place, the habits, the hypocrisies, it is precisely because I believe more than anything in our country which I love. My legitimacy, I do not take it from any title, any party, any coterie; I only take it from you, from anyone else. Many other countries are going through this evil life of ours, but I deeply believe that we can find a way out of it together. I want this for France because it is our vocation throughout history to open up paths that have never been explored for ourselves and for the world. I want this for all of us French people because a people that is so divided, that no longer respects its laws and the friendship that must unite it, is a people that is running to its death. I also want it because it was because I anticipated this crisis that I ran for office to reconcile and lead, and I have not forgotten this commitment and this necessity. First, I want to declare a state of economic and social emergency today. (more to come)

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I did >>4266061

>>4266061 Macron speech part 1

>>4266020 Macron speech part 2

>>4266035 Macron speech part 3

Excuse my newfaggotism