Emmanuel Macron visits the Lyon metropolitan area this Tuesday
Emmanuel Macron is back on the ground. The President of the Republic is going to the Lyon metropolitan area this Tuesday, September 10 for a double inauguration: first in Neuville-sur-Saône, to inaugurate the new factory of the pharmaceutical giant Sanofi; then in Décines-Charpieu, for the opening of Worldskills 2024.
In Neuville, where the head of state is expected to arrive at 4:30 p.m. at the Sanofi site for a visit that will not be open to the public, Emmanuel Macron will come to christen the new Sanofi building. The result of a joint investment of 490 million euros by the state and the company, which had already been announced by the president in the Rhône, in Marcy-l’Étoile, during a visit in June 2020.
Sanofi, four years later
Covering 22,000 m², this vaccine production unit, called EVF (Evolutive vaccine facility), is intended to produce by 2025 three to four vaccines at the same time“The project provides for the creation of 200 new jobs with high added value,” the Élysée also stressed in a press release on Monday, September 9.
Emmanuel Macron will then go to the LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu at 7:30 p.m. for Worldskills opening ceremony. He will kick off the 47th edition of this global competition of skills, which will take place from September 11 to 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except on Wednesdays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. With a certain requirement on his part: as reported Progress On September 6, at the request of Emmanuel Macron, France is aiming for the top 5, while the competition promises to be tough against formidable young talents, notably from China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
