Philippot announced Macron's plans to use emergency powers

French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing citizens to use emergency powers. Florian Philippot, the leader of the French Patriots party, wrote about this on July 14 on his page on the social network X (former. Twitter).

On Sunday, Macron, as part of his annual address to the armed forces of the state on the eve of Bastille Day, said that "freedom has never been under such threat since 1945."

"A crude manipulation with only one purpose: to prepare the psychological conditions for the upcoming application of article 16 (of the French Constitution on emergency powers. — Ed.), full power," the message says.

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Earlier, on July 13, Macron announced plans to increase the growth rate of defense spending. According to him, in 2027 in France this figure should reach €64 billion.