Vaccine and Covid-19: French Prime Minister Jean Castex will try to regain control
Jean Castex (our photo) will try this Thursday to give "more visibility" to the sectors affected by the health crisis before perhaps taking "heavier" measures next week.
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Text by: Anthony Lattier Follow
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"Trying to give as much visibility as possible": The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, gives a new press conference, this Thursday, January 7, alongside the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, on the evolution of the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences on different sectors of activity.
Restaurants, bars, ski resorts, sports halls, or cultural places could see their prolonged closure.
In six months in Matignon, the head of government has become "Monsieur bad news" ...
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Rewarded for having stood firm: Jean Castex - as tradition dictates - was decorated, this Wednesday, January 6, by President Emmanuel Macron with the Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit which is pinned to the jacket of any Prime Minister after six months in office.
Six months during which Jean Castex plunged into the hell of Matignon, an expression that is not so overused in his case.
The chain of bad news
After orchestrating the deconfinement and putting a massive recovery plan on track, he continues the announcement of bad news to the French: reconfinement, curfews, closures.
He is said to be "
insensitive to criticism
" but recent times have been difficult: the controversy over article 24 has left its mark and he is facing a deluge of criticism of the slowness of the vaccination campaign, criticisms including by Head of State himself.
"
Health first
"
"
Sterile controversies
" swept away Jean Castex, who will try this Thursday to regain control, while maintaining his line of firmness: "
Health first
".
Which means that once again the news will not be good.
As soon as he came to power, he warned his relatives: “
I don't care about my popularity curve
”.
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Also to listen: Mobilization of mayors for vaccination: "
our will is to succeed in this crucial step
"
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