The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, went this Wednesday to Teste-de-Buch, in Gironde, an area devastated by fires that have already burned 7,000 hectares, of which he met with the inhabitants. When the fires are put out, he promised to “replant and rebuild” in this territory.
“Very quickly we will relaunch the work at your side, we will launch a great national project to be able to reforest this forest, it is a great project,” said Emmanuel Macron. He promises to “replant a forest for which we are going to build more protective standards and long-term prevention standards”, to “prevent the risks of today and tomorrow”.
These new regulations will be thought out with the local actors that deal with the forest, such as the ONF [Office National des Forêts], accurate. They will have to allow “adaptation to changes in the situation, and completely new fires like the ones we have experienced here and are experiencing.”
New rules “very quickly” to rebuild
There, he exchanged with the inhabitants, in particular with the people who lost their camp in the flames, and promised them to “start working” to rebuild their establishments and establish new regulations to prevent future damage.
“We will be there to help them, accompany them (…) we will help them rebuild”, assured the Head of State, but “will it be the same camp as yesterday? No. Many of you have already had disputes with the state because the rules had changed and you had not adapted, “he explains.
Emmanuel Macron promises to give new rules “very quickly, so that what we rebuild immediately meets the standards. The only thing we have to do is tell them very quickly what the rules are to prevent, and let’s go, ”he said. “The commitment I make is that we establish these rules very clearly, very quickly,” to rebuild quickly.
Source: BFM TV
