Fontainebleau Fires: Emmanuel Macron Tries to Quell the Controversy Surrounding the Canadair Water Bombers
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Emmanuel Macron, on his way to the forest of Fontainebleau, responded to the polemics surrounding Canadair's French fleet, protesting that he had "launched Canadair's production" since his arrival in power.
Emmanuel Macron visited firefighters on Thursday morning as they battled several blazes for four days that have ravaged nearly 2,000 hectares in the Fontainebleau forest, a green lung near Paris. The visit aimed to reaffirm the government's commitment amidst controversy surrounding the resources allocated to fighting fires in France.
This recovery was helped "by mobilising the other Europeans, by commanding, by putting six European countries together to be able to revive the sector, to produce it. So we did not wait for this crisis," added the Head of State.
The RN and LFI accused Gabriel Attal's government of canceling over €50 million in civil security funds in 2024, forcing the state to give up two additional Canadairs.
Faced with the opposition's criticism of the cancellation of orders for water bombers, the head of state assures that he has relaunched the European production chain since 2017 Emmanuel Macron has
Faced with a season of historical and early fires, the opposition denounces the lack of means to fight the fires. Emmanuel Macron, on his way to Fontainebleau on 16 July, tried to quench the controversy.
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