in the Assembly, Michel Barnier calls for “learning lessons” for France

POLITICS – While the floods have left nearly 219 dead in Spain, where the human toll continues to rise, the deputies as well as the French government respected a minute of silence in tribute to the victims, at the opening of the Question session to the government in the National Assembly.

As you can see in the video at the top of the article, Prime Minister Michel Barnier then spoke to the national representation. “ Even if we have no lessons to teach others, we have lessons to learn for ourselves in terms of prevention, repair, and warning.he assured.

A theme on the menu of the government seminar

The theme was in fact part of the menu of the government seminar meeting the day before where the forty ministers worked in particular on the “risk prevention” environmental.

« I have believed for a long time on these subjects (…) that prevention costs less than repair, he explained. I also think that a prepared and organized repair costs less and is more effective than an improvised repair. »

In Spain, although it is still difficult to quantify due to the scale of the damage, the cost of the deadly floods which affected the south-east of Spain promises to be astronomical. The Spanish government unveiled on Tuesday a 10.6 billion euro aid plan for tens of thousands of affected residents and businesses in the south-east of the country.

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