INTERVIEW
"Can we accept the idea of dying for 'borderlessness'?" Asks Sébastien Chenu. Invited to speak on the differences displayed by his party on the management of the coronavirus, the deputy National Rally (RN) of the North has drawn red bullets on this "ideology which invites not to control the borders".
To epidemiologists who argue the ineffectiveness of these measures, "viruses with no passport", Sébastien Chenu specifies that it is not a question of closing the borders, but of controlling them. "It is a measure of common sense to prevent people who come from the epicenter of contamination centers from coming to our territory," he said at the microphone of Europe 1.
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"National pseudo-unity"
Spokesperson for the National Rally, Sébastien Chenu more generally referred to the differences of opinion displayed by his party on the way this crisis is managed. He denounces in particular "the inconsistency of the measures taken" by political leaders who "ask young people to quarantine themselves, but agree to welcome 3,000 supporters who come from a center of contamination". Criticism made in reference to the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League between Lyon and Juventus Turin, Wednesday.
Thursday morning, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe brought together the party leaders in Matignon for a transparency operation concerning the new cases of coronavirus detected in France. Meeting during which all the parties declared their solidarity. With the exception of the National Gathering of Marine Le Pen. "I will not sacrifice the legitimate questions posed by millions of French people in the name of a national pseudo-unity," says Sébastien Chenu. "National unity is worth as of the moment when we have answers, and when we are on the same wavelength. '