President Emmanuel Macron will host a Bastille Day ceremony scaled-down because of the coronavirus pandemic. | AFP
He abandoned the ritual after taking office three years ago with a pledge to shake up politics as usual, but his new government is under pressure to prove it will rise to the unprecedented challenges.
Elysee officials said the president, who this month replaced his prime minister with a hands-on technocrat, would address the health crisis as well as several measures to revive economic growth.Macron’s live TV interview at the Elysee Palace will air at around 1:00 pm , after the military review and his speech to honour the country’s armed forces as well its doctors, nurses and others fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
Representatives of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg have been invited, to thank the countries for taking in a total of 161 French patients in critical condition. Later Tuesday, parks near the Eiffel Tower will be closed to avoid crowds for the Bastille Day fireworks in Paris, and most other cities have called off their shows altogether.Macron’s critics have accused him of initially underestimating and then mishandling a crisis that has now caused more than 30,000 deaths in France.
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