Two delegate ministers, of Disability and of the Armed Forces, complete Barnier’s government, four days before the declaration of general policy.

While in France the Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, is in his general policy speech scheduled for Tuesday in the National Assembly, the Head of State travels to Canada this weekend. At the end of a press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal on Thursday, Emmanuel Macron was harshly questioned by protesters criticizing France’s position on the conflict in Gaza.

“You have blood on your hands”, “What a shame!” », “What a shame!” » (“What a shame”), they said in particular. “It is a genocide” who is involved in Gaza, “can you stop it”, “you offer diplomatic cover” to the State of Israel, continued two of the protesters, including a young Palestinian who explained that she had lost her daughter in Gaza. “France sends money and weapons that kill innocent people”, “we want action”, “Israel can be pressured”they said.

The president focused on responding point by point, in English, without managing to reverse the course of the discussion. “Let’s be clear, we are not selling weapons, we are asking for a ceasefire, for that we go to the Security Council”argument. “At the same time, we must all work together and decide what we are going to do to involve all countries in the region in the fight against terrorist groups”he added.

The most virulent protester then responded that the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas was not “It is not a terrorist group but a resistance group”. “No, what you are saying is unacceptable. “They killed hundreds of people.”responded Emmanuel Macron in reference to the unprecedented Hamas attack on October 7 against Israel. “If they knew how we fight to improve things”then deplored Mr. Macron before journalists, evoking a “a form of injustice when we feel taken advantage of”.