Macron's grave message: "This is the end of abundance. We need to speak clearly"https://www.elnacional.cat/en/world/macron-france-grave-message-end-of-abundance-speak-clearly_873453_102.htmlWe see a series of crises, each one more serious than the last, and it could be seen that we are destined to be permanently managing crises and emergencies. For my part I believe that what we are going through is a great upheaval, a radical change. In the first place, because we are experiencing - not just this summer, but for the last few years - what could be seen as the end of abundance, of endless liquidity, and we will have to face the consequences of that in the public finances. The world is reorganizing and we are seeing the end of perpetually available products and technologies, we saw it during Covid. The interruption of value chains, scarcity of one material technology or another is reappearing, the end of an abundance of land or raw materials, and water as well, on this we have to draw all the consequences " said the French president, mentioning the French conference on water held this year and its conclusions on a restructuring that "it is up to us to implement".
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We are witnessing the rise of illiberal regimes, the consolidation and reinforcement of authoritarian regimes." "And it is also the end - for those who had it - of a kind of carefree attitude. It is six months since war returned to Europe," he said. "In the same way, the climate crisis with all its consequences is perceived, and the new risks are also appearing these days, such as cyber risks."