Emmanuel Macron goes to Nord-Pas-de-Calais on Tuesday, June 3 to make a stage of the “commitment to the Renaissance of the Mining Basin”, launched in 2017 and intended to obtain this territory among the poorest of France outside the crisis.
On this occasion, the Head of State will visit the Duai Internion-AESC battery production factory that must feed Renault in batteries, especially for Electric R5, Elysée said in a press release. “This important project announced at the Choice France Summit in June 2021 (…) incorporates the transition to a decarbonized economy and the creation of local jobs,” said the presidency. Emmanuel Macron will inaugurate the services of the Wallers house, which should allow strengthening access to public services and “illustrates the State’s commitment in the revitalization of the mining basin,” he added.
A 17% poverty rate in Hauts-de-France in 2020
The poverty rate of this territory, where 1.2 million people lived, reached 17.2%, against 14.4% nationwide, in 2020, according to a 2020 Insee study that highlights, in addition to employment problems, a large number of social difficulties: family ruptures, school, early marriage, health, difficult access to housing and low cost, precarious energy … “.” “.” “.” “.” “.” “.” “.” “.” “.” “.” “.” “.”
In February 2022, Emmanuel Macron, who still maintained the suspense about his candidacy for the Elysium Palace for a second term, went to the Mining Basin to evoke with the chosen local officials the problems of the region previously disaster.
After the envelope of 100 million euros for the thermal renewal of the house granted in 2017, the Head of State had committed in 2022 to pay 100 million euros again, a sum complemented with parity with the region, to rebuild the urban space.
Source: BFM TV
