President Emmanuel Macron hopes 2024 will be a year of "proudness for the French people"

On the evening of December 31 (local time), French President Emmanuel Macron gave a New Year's speech 2024 filled with major events that helped France become the center of attention on the international stage.

Tổng thống Pháp tuyên bố năm 2024 sẽ là năm “tự hào đối với người Pháp”

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks on television on December 31, 2023. (Source: AFP)

In a brief speech, President Macron sent his best wishes to all French citizens and expressed “gratitude to all compatriots who have protected, cared for, helped and ensured the continuity of national life”.

He hopes that “in the current crisis, the best can come out” and that 2024 will be a year of “proud for the French people”.

Before mentioning the priorities of the new year, President Macron affirmed that 2023 is a year of innovation, because France is "certainly one of the Western countries that makes the most decisions", including pension reform that he admitted was unpopular, or the adoption of new immigration laws that are seen as necessary tools to prevent illegal immigration but help those who intend to stay in France to better integrate.

Referring to the continuing international turmoil, President Macron said he wanted to make 2024 a “year of determination” and affirmed that this would also be a year of decisive choices, especially when the elections taking place in June will determine whether Europe will be stronger and more sovereign or move in the opposite direction.

On the environmental issue, President Macron affirmed that in 2024, he will continue to implement ecological plans and France, the country that produces the least carbon electricity in Europe, will completely end the use of coal by 2027.

He stressed that this is a priority that France will promote internationally.

President Macron also expressed his determination to promote "major projects" such as nuclear energy and especially artificial intelligence, so that by 2027 France "will be 10 years ahead, while in 2017 it was 10 years behind".

He also pledged to promote “efforts to simplify the lives of entrepreneurs, farmers, merchants, artisans, parliamentarians… as well as in many areas, including housing” in 2024.

According to observers, 2024 promises to be a year of major political and diplomatic events for France that the French leader can take advantage of to make his personal mark in the remainder of his second five-year term, which is predicted to be no less difficult.

Emmanuel Macron officially ran for President of France in August 2016. He surprised his opponents and experts by building a large support base among ordinary workers and receiving support from center-left and center-right politicians.

In May 2017, he officially won the French presidential election with 66.06% of the votes compared to 33.94% of his opponent, Marine Le Pen.

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