Coronavirus: Marine Le Pen accuses the government of lying about "absolutely everything" - France 24

Paris (AFP)

Marine Le Pen accused the government Monday of lying about "absolutely everything" about the coronavirus epidemic, deeming "common sense" to wonder if the virus has not "escaped from a laboratory".

We are being told about "absolutely everything, without any exceptions", estimated the president of the National Rally (RN) on France Info, criticizing a "government strategy" consisting "in hiding the level of weakness of the State, of our stocks , of our country's unpreparedness, rather than telling the truth. "

The government has continued to lie that it is "about the borders, the unnecessary masks, the tests themselves useless. All of this has created a situation of distrust on the part of the population towards their leaders", added Ms. Le Pen.

"National unity cannot be built around lies. We cannot ask the opposition to support the government's lies and inconsistencies," she insisted.

In a press release, Ms. Le Pen also said that she "asked yesterday (Sunday, note) Prime Minister" Edouard Philippe for "that he organize a new videoconference with political leaders and especially those of the opposition to give us a update on the health crisis ".

The confinement "must not be that of democracy and despite the crisis, the opposition must be able to continue to play its role", she added.

Asked by FranceInfo about an Ifop study published on Saturday according to which 40% of the supporters of the National Rally think that the coronavirus was manufactured in laboratory, Marine Le Pen judged "common sense" to wonder if the virus has not "escaped from a laboratory", while specifying not having "an opinion" on this subject.

Believing that the origin of the Covid-19 "does not change anything in the situation we are in", she insisted that "doubt is not an offense" and that it allows "to think and find the truth".

Two articles from the AFP service of January 27 and March 18 showed that the Covid-19 was not created and then patented in, false information that went viral based on patent filings relating to different viruses. .

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