Covid in France: catch-up operation for the government with local elected officials
The mayor of Troyes, François Baroin (right) in front of the Prime Minister, Jean Castex (left) in Matignon, this Wednesday, September 30.
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The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran will provide an update on Thursday, October 1 on the Covid epidemic in France.
Last week, the Minister of Health announced new restrictions, particularly in Marseille and Paris, triggering the anger of the mayors of these large cities.
Prime Minister Jean Castex on Wednesday launched consultations with local elected officials to try to avoid a new sling in the event of new restrictions.
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A long phone call with the mayor of Marseille, Michèle Rubirola, a marathon of interviews this Thursday, October 1, in the morning, with the mayors of Paris, Lyon and Grenoble.
This is a catch-up operation in Matignon in the face of elected officials angry at not having been consulted before the new restrictions last week linked to the
coronavirus
pandemic
.
The executive has learned the lesson, assures François Baroin, the mayor of Troyes and president of the Association of Mayors of France, which was received on September 30 by Jean Castex and the Minister of Health.
“
The State cannot consider that consultation is a phone call half an hour before.
And we are satisfied with the conditions of exchange that we had with the Prime Minister who agreed that it was necessary to correct and resume this link,
”he believes.
Meetings of local elected officials / ARS - prefecture
This link will be re-woven at the departmental level.
The representatives of local elected officials will have meetings every week with the regional health agency and the prefect.
The government has therefore revised its copy on consultation, but not under pressure from elected officials, according to Jacqueline Gourault.
“
It's not to make up for it because we did it.
But it is important to realize that we are in a new phase of the crisis and therefore, that more regular meetings are needed
, ”assures the Minister of Territorial Cohesion.
Consultation yes, but up to a point.
The government keeps the helm.
"
When consultation is impossible to take the necessary measures, it is up to the state to decide,
" recalls a minister.
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