Going faster on vaccines is one of the government's main concerns.

The subject was also on the table of the Defense Council and the Council of Ministers which were held on Wednesday.

Under fire from critics and on the eve of a long-awaited press conference by Jean Castex, the government knows it is on the line. 

Go faster on vaccines.

The day after the announcements by Minister of Health Olivier Véran on the expansion of the vaccination campaign, and on the eve of a press conference by Prime Minister Jean Castex, the government is forced to step up on vaccines.

The subject was also on the table of the Defense Council which was held Wednesday morning, then on that of the Council of Ministers.

Because the executive, helped by two private consulting firms, is thinking about how to optimize its vaccine system.

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"On strategy, we are not the worst"

Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron said that five to six vaccination centers would be installed in each department.

The Élysée is also working on simplifying the collection of consent in the Ephad to follow the new leitmotif "amplify, accelerate, simplify", unveiled by Olivier Véran. 

Still, Wednesday morning the mood was a little gloomy at the Elysee.

And in the face of controversy over the vaccine, some are annoyed, like this adviser.

"On the strategy, we are not the worst either. Our schools are open, the situation is under control and resuscitations are stable", he says perhaps in reference to the new confinement recently decreed in Great Britain by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. 

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The government knows it is on the line

But the government knows it is on the line, and Jean Castex will have to answer multiple questions on Thursday, during a press conference scheduled for 6 p.m.

Ski resorts, restaurants and bars, sports halls ... the questions are as numerous as the pressure is strong.

And a member of the executive deciphered: "we are torn between giving visibility and avoiding disappointments."