Par Philip Rifflet
Published on 24 September 22 at 19:59
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Guest of Hervé Morin, President of the Normandy region, of François-Xavier Priollaud, vice president and project manager of the organization of the World Forum for Peace in NormandySébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces participated on Saturday 24 September 2022 in a conference on the theme “Breaking down the walls”.
The Minister, who then went to the Ouest-France – Liberté – Actu.fr agora, expressed his point of view on the situation of the world today, which is going through such upheavals as to call into question the balances known since the end of the second world war and the fall of the Warsaw Pact in the early 1990s.
“The formidable initiative” of the Normandy Region
“In my capacity as elected representative of Normandy – Sébastien Lecornu was the youngest president of a county council, in the Eure, at 27 – it is entirely legitimate that I am there to support Hervé Morin’s formidable initiative. “
We are at a time when the world is changing a lot. However, considering that everything is acquired, understood and shared, the values of the Republic, the values of the UN, the values of liberal democracies in Europe, it is a mistake. We must constantly transmit all these facts: our doctrine against proliferation, against terrorism that we speak of today. This morning, in front of many friends of France from Africa, at the invitation of the Normandy region, I deliberately spoke of terrorism because no one talks about it anymore. As if Ukraine had crushed the security debate.
“It’s up to us to get out of our midst …”
Sébastien Lecornu explains that the moment requires doing a little “republican catechism”. The problem of diplomats or large military and political organizations is, according to him, “that they end up talking about very important things while forgetting people”.
This is what has struck me in these 5 years that I have been a minister. You talk to many people about environmental transition, climate change, but the population comes face to face with the upheavals. And people tell us what did you do, wrong or not? But in a democracy, you have to be responsible, even when it comes to security issues.
Security is not only discussed in the “things” of New York or Paris … “
Sébastien Lecornu points out that this type of forum bringing together experts allows curious Normans to form an opinion. These questions are not just a question for “big ones.” things in New York or Paris, this also happens a few steps away, at the Abbaye aux Dames in Caen. It is up to us to get out of ourselves. ”
Returning to more political terrain, the minister believes that “international political issues have certainly taken a turn during the presidential campaign. The values that some candidates conveyed, at a certain point, disqualified them, not enough for one candidate in this case, but for a number of others, yes ”. In the crosshairs, Jean-Luc Mélenchon who had taken a stand for France to leave the Atlantic Alliance.
Two political parties [RN et NUPES Ndlr] who sit in the National Assembly are fiercely against NATO, an organization founded by France. While this alliance is a security weapon, a military alliance that protects us. NUPES is even calling for the dismantling of the French nuclear deterrent.
A security problem in the world is reflected in our daily life
Sébastien Lecornu wants to remind you that even if France is not in the same model as Ukraine, “because we have our army, because we are a gifted power [de la force nucléaire Ndlr] however, we remain vulnerable … ”
A security problem in the world, can be seen at the pump, can be seen on a farm in Calvados or Eure, can result in an attack on your mailbox. This is the message I wanted to convey here.
Geopolitical, health and environmental crisis
According to him, it is necessary to prepare for other forms of threat, and this cannot only be the business of the state or the business of politicians. The observation is that all of these threats accumulate, with, over the geopolitical crises, health crises, environmental problems of which we have seen the translation in Gironde, in the Landes, in Corsica.
“The French were shocked by the events of the summer … I do not want to give anxiety but in fact we cannot continue as before, there is necessarily a model of constraints that every citizen will have to integrate. “
Think about the universal national service
All the components of society must act for him.
This is why we need to think about a new dimension of the Universal National Service (UNS): how to take an age group and prepare it for all these risks? I think there is a path around truth and the sharing of bonds.
According to him, the mayors, the schools, the state, the company have their share. “It is obvious that the issue of collective security requires a multi-field and multi-actor response. It is now too easy to say that it is up to the President of the Republic to settle all this. ”
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