Evoking the unpredictable American President, Donald Trump, with the inhabitants of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon inevitably raises two simultaneous responses. One, mocking, on the obvious insanity of man. The different, assured, on the teachings of historical past in the one French abroad territory situated within the North Atlantic: the archipelago will face any assault, as did Admiral Emile Muselier, the primary basic officer to hitch Charles de Gaulle in June 1940, who organized the rallying of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon to Free France on Christmas Day 1941.
The elected officers of the territory however took up the topic. Former Minister of Overseas after which the Sea of Emmanuel Macron (2017 to 2022), Senator Annick Girardin questioned the federal government on January 21 in session, on the current choice to allocate a part of the administration of the airspace (the method zone, under 6,000 ft) to Canadian assets. “France is not capable of sending three officials to manage the control tower and delegates part of its airspace to Canada. I am told that it is a technical choice which does not involve sovereignty, but it is not a good signal in the current context”signifies to World the parliamentarian, whose center-left celebration, Cap sur l’avenir, reigns over the 2 municipalities of the archipelago.
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