Prepare the French for battle? Gérard Poujade, mayor (numerous left) of Séquestre (Tarn), doesn’t see himself discussing the topic an excessive amount of with the inhabitants of this city bordering Albi. “People will answer me: ‘You’re crazy. Come on, sit down, we’ll have an aperitif. You’ll be fine.’ » The elected official is annoyed by the call for mobilization from Paris: “They rely on us to do the dirty work. »
But he doesn’t see how to convince “people who don’t want war and who refuse to let their children fight it. Not wanting to go to war in peacetime is healthy”. However, that is the mission that the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, General Fabien Mandon, assigned to the mayors when addressing them on November 18, throughout their congress.
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