The Prime Minister and the Minister of Health this Thursday in Matignon -
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Jean Castex affirmed Thursday his "total" confidence in the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, whose home and offices were searched this Thursday morning as part of a judicial information on the management of the crisis of the coronavirus.
"You will understand that it is absolutely not for me to comment on the decisions of a judicial authority", added the Prime Minister, questioned during a press conference organized to detail the modalities of the curfew which comes into force Friday at midnight in Ile-de-France and in eight metropolises, as Emmanuel Macron announced yesterday.
And the Prime Minister recalled that the Minister of Health “benefits from a total presumption of innocence”.
A little earlier, Jean Castex had addressed a strong tribute to Olivier Véran.
Jean #Castex addresses a "special tribute" to Olivier Véran, whose home and offices were searched this morning, with other officials and ex-ministers # Castex https://t.co/chIqLiSLNL
- Clément Giuliano (@clemgiu) October 15, 2020
Jean Castex, accompanied by the ministers of Health, Interior, Economy, and Labor explained in detail the new measures announced by Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, during a press conference.
These are valid for four weeks, but the government intends to ask parliament to extend them until the end of November.
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