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- Benjamin Griveaux withdrew his candidacy for the municipal elections in Paris on Friday, after the scandal surrounding a sex video attributed to him.
- One month before the first round of the elections, LREM therefore had to quickly find a replacement. Sunday evening, Agnès Buzyn, Minister of Health announced that she was going into the race.
- It is Olivier Véran, a 39-year-old doctor who knows health files well, who will take over.
9:10 am: Why Agnès Buzyn is embarking on the municipal campaign?
Some are surprised by this choice when, again on Friday, Agnès Buzyn said on France Inter that she "could not" be a candidate because of her "very busy" agenda and the "extra work" caused by the coronavirus crisis .
Emmanuel Macron "did not have to convince her since it was she who made the approach", "she who expressed her desire to embark on the Parisian battle", explained on LCI Sibeth Ndiaye, the day after the decision of the former Minister of Health to replace Benjamin Griveaux at short notice as an LREM candidate.
9:04 am: Who is Olivier Véran?
A 39-year-old doctor, a macronist from the start, who knows health records very well, here is his portrait here.
9 a.m .: The transfer of power between Buzyn and Véran is scheduled for 10 a.m.
On a proposal from the Prime Minister and at the end of a weekend of intense negotiations, Emmanuel Macron "terminated" the functions of Agnès Buzyn in government and appointed the deputy and doctor Olivier Véran to the Ministry of Solidarity and Health .
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