Macron warns of ‘end of abundance’ as France faces difficult winter

Sombre first cabinet speech after summer break criticised as snub to poor who have already made sacrifices

Emmanuel Macron has warned the French they are facing sacrifices and what he called the end of abundance", at his government's first cabinet meeting after the summer holidays.

The president, speaking before ministers at the Elysee, said the country was at a tipping point" and faced a difficult winter and a new era of instability caused by climate change and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.