Emmanuel Macron has appointed the deputy and doctor Olivier Véran to replace Agnès Buzyn as Minister of Solidarity and Health, announced the Elysée Sunday evening.
Olivier Véran was appointed just after the resignation of Agnès Buzyn, who decided to leave the government to become the LREM candidate for mayor of Paris, replacing Benjamin Griveaux. "They will be able to find a successor who will obviously take charge of these important subjects", she had assured, while the opposition already denounces a "abandonment of post", in full "coronavirus, hospital crisis" and debate on pensions .
"The President of the Republic welcomes the decision of Agnes Buzyn, a decision of heart and commitment, a courageous decision, his will to lead the electoral fight in Paris honors him," said the Elysee. From the ranks of the PS, Olivier Véran, deputy PS deputy in 2012 and then LREM deputy since 2017, was the rapporteur for the Social Security budget and co-rapporteur for the law on pension reform.
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