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Emmanuel Macron and Édouard Philippe change their tone

2020-03-29T18:42:24.946Z


After the numerous boondoggles of last week, the head of state and his prime minister are reviewing their communication. They want to address the French in a "simpler and more readable" way.


No more beating around the bush. It will be anguish and tears. After a week of floating in the executive's communication on the coronavirus crisis, Édouard Philippe found the tone to address the French: direct. " The first fortnight of April will be even more difficult than the fortnight which has just passed, " said the Prime Minister on Saturday during a joint press conference with the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.

In support of figures and graphics, Édouard Philippe delivered " a complete and precise photograph of the situation , according to one of his relatives. The French had to know where we come from, where we are and where we are going ”. A reframing of government communications while last week saw the executive mired in controversies over the lack of masks, the use of chloroquine to treat the virus or tests to detect carriers of the disease.

The Prime Minister has put a number of things back in place. Faced with complexity, it was important to keep it simple, didactic and educational

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Source: lefigaro

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