Claude d'Harcourt, prefect of Loire-Atlantique. - F.Brenon / 20Minutes

  • The Minister of the Interior summoned the prefect of Harcourt this morning to hear his explanations, after the latter made critical remarks on the opening of the PMA to all women.
  • Christophe Castaner saw it as a “fault” and asked the prefect to react during the day.

He reminded him of his obligations. Christophe Castaner convened Wednesday morning the prefect of the Pays de la Loire after the latter made critical remarks on the opening of the PMA to all women, flagship measure of the bioethics bill, we learned in the entourage of the Minister of the Interior.

"The minister summoned the prefect of Harcourt this morning to the Ministry of the Interior to hear his explanations and remind him of his obligations," said a relative of the minister. According to the online investigation site Médiacités, the regional prefect Claude d'Harcourt publicly expressed reservations about the bill on Monday evening. It was during his wishes to the economic world and to the vital forces of the Pays de la Loire.

Christophe Castaner sees it as a “fault”

"The bioethics bill brings a major anthropological break," said Claude d'Harcourt quoted by Médiacités. "Personally, I am not sure that this law promotes the benchmarks to which our fellow citizens aspire", he would have always added according to the Nantes investigation site. According to a source familiar with the matter, the prefect did admit to having made such comments. Christophe Castaner saw it as a “fault” and asked the prefect of Harcourt to react during the day, added this source.

The Senate with a right-wing majority began Tuesday examining the bioethics bill. This took an additional step Tuesday evening at the High Assembly with the rejection of several amendments which intended to delete it from the text. The prefect Claude d'Harcourt, known for his outspokenness, had previously been implicated for his management of policing during the last Fête de la musique in Nantes, during which Steve Maia Caniço, 24, s was drowned in the Loire.

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