Paris (AFP)

Here are the first reactions after the new measures against the coronavirus announced Wednesday by President Emmanuel Macron, after his visit to the military hospital in Mulhouse:

- Olivier Faure, First secretary of the Socialist Party: "The caregivers in the hospital, in town in EHPADs want masks, tests, respirators. There is a growing discrepancy between the PR's martial speeches and the field. Where are requisitions, clear messages on essential activities, on the duration of confinement ". (on Twitter)

- Jean-Luc Mélenchon, boss of La France rebellious: "What is the good of reacting? 1st point of his speech: Macron wants to confine critical thinking. The vocabulary of war is a camouflage. It masks impotence, justifies stalling indignation, refuses health planning. Masks, gel, respirators, tests: not a word. " (on Twitter)

-Eric Ciotti, deputy LR: "The president is used to handling words and concepts. What the French expect are actions! National unity must translate national efficiency and that efficiency, many French people Where are the masks, where are the respirators, where are the tests? (...) It is a tragedy that is coming. There are these questions that arise (...) The President of the Republic has been in power for 8 years (...). "(on BFMTV)

- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, president of Debout La France: "Macron overwhelmed by reality. He thanks the admirable French who face the epidemic with words, more words. But where are the acts? Nothing on the masks, neither the tests, nor the relocation of the production of drugs in France! " (on Twitter)

- Julien Bayou, National Secretary of EELV: "It will have taken an unprecedented health crisis for the President to realize the need to support the public hospital and the medical staff. However, it has been more than a year since emergencies are mobilized. "(on Twitter)

- Adrien Quatennens, MP for LFI: "Emmanuel Macron calls for unity. United, we are, behind our caregivers and all the workers mobilized. But we are not only fighting a virus. We are fighting a virus that is falling on an obsolete model whose faults are exposed. " (on Twitter)

- Philippe Poutou, spokesperson for the NPA: "Macron went to war but unarmed. Where are the resources, emergency and intensive care beds, the number of medical staff, screening tests, masks, respirators, where is the research? where are the requisitions and contingency plans in the industry? " (on Twitter)

- Olivia Grégoire, LREM MP: "A great president @EmmanuelMacron this evening. Serious and responsible. Yes, we must" stand together ", hold together, and fight the virus. And yes, we must not forget the commitments made today Yes, we need a real big health plan. As true as it is big. " (on Twitter)

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