President Jacques Chirac said Tuesday in Reims (Marne) that "all the conditions are met for France to go resolutely on the offensive" in the field of industrial innovation, in order to "set out to conquer the jobs of tomorrow ".
“We are today at a decisive moment. All the conditions are met for France to go resolutely on the offensive. We will conquer new positions and place ourselves at the forefront of industrial innovation and research, ”he said.
It is time to act massively. We must do so with ambition, to allow France to be at the forefront ”in what is today“ a global competition for technological supremacy ”, he added.