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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kim Willsher in Paris

Macron warns of ‘end of abundance’ as France faces difficult winter

Emmanuel Macron, second from left, chairs his first cabinet meeting after the summer break.
Emmanuel Macron, second from left, chairs his first cabinet meeting after the summer break. Photograph: Mohammed Badra/EPA

Emmanuel Macron has warned the French they are facing sacrifices and what he called the “end of abundance”, at his government’s first cabinet meeting after the summer holidays.

The president, speaking before ministers at the Élysée, said the country was at a “tipping point” and faced a difficult winter and a new era of instability caused by climate change and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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