LIVE – “Don’t leave too quickly”: Emmanuel Macron questioned by a Mahorese woman upon his arrival on the archipelago

While a presidential visit mobilizes large numbers of law enforcement and administration personnel, at the risk of monopolizing the necessary resources elsewhere, the Élysée wanted to make it known that he is going to the overseas department “with a very restricted delegation”. The objective: to transport four tonnes of food and health aid, as well as first responders, to the Head of State’s plane “who come to lend a hand to their comrades already engaged with the Mahorais”explained the president on X as he took off on Wednesday evening.

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Mayotte: a reconnaissance mission launched by France Assureurs to assess the damage

After a “aerial reconnaissance of the disaster area”Emmanuel Macron will go to the Mamoudzou hospital center (CHM), according to a program broadcast on Wednesday. “At the end, he will speak with the nursing staff and the patients in his care.” Emmanuel Macron will then visit “in a destroyed neighborhood, in contact with the emergency services” mobilized after the most intense cyclone to hit Mayotte in 90 years.

Finally, the President of the Republic must “discuss the situation of the island with elected officials”before leaving for Djibouti, where he must share the traditional Christmas meal on Friday, as initially planned, with French soldiers deployed abroad.

Emmanuel Macron should specify the “national mourning” which he intends to decree, and begin to outline the titanic reconstruction project.