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Coronavirus: Macron and Philippe prepare the country for the arrival of the epidemic

2020-02-27T19:03:36.493Z


The Prime Minister gathered Thursday in Matignon all the political leaders of the majority and the opposition who, for the occasion, put the polemics in the closet.


Not a word higher than the other. Engaged in a fierce fight against Emmanuel Macron and his government since the start of the five-year term, the leaders of the opposition parties are putting the controversy in the closet in the face of the threat of the coronavirus. It is past 1:30 p.m. when they all leave Matignon. Édouard Philippe invited them for an information meeting on the means implemented by the executive in response to the progression of the epidemic in Europe. It is time for national union.

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The same morning, during a trip to the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital to meet the nursing staff, Emmanuel Macron had set the tone: " We have before us a crisis, an epidemic that is coming ... We will have to face it at best, with life going on. We know that we are only at the beginning . ”

In the process, the President of the Republic flew to Naples to participate in a Franco-Italian summit in the company of eleven government ministers. In the European country most affected by the epidemic.

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Source: lefigaro

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