Jean Castex indicated that Emmanuel Macron's announcements on Tuesday November 24 would only allow “a
slight easing of confinement
”, during an intervention in front of the executive office of La République en Marche during which he worried about “
Covid factories
”during the end of year celebrations.
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"
At this stage, it will be a slight easing of containment,
" said the prime minister, according to participants in this meeting by videoconference.
"
We are not in deconfinement, we are in an additional arrangement of confinement
", he insisted, on the eve of a speech by the Head of State.
In front of the executives of the presidential party, Jean Castex, who should detail Thursday afternoon in a press conference the announcements of Emmanuel Macron, spoke of the challenges posed by the health situation.
“
Things are very complicated but at the same time they are simple,
” he summed up.
“
The first thing we have in front of us are the wake-ups, which are Covid factories.
If we have one thing to deal with, that's it,
”he argued.
While he is receiving rounds of criticism on his management of the crisis, and has seen his popularity drop for several weeks, Jean Castex stressed that his concern was first "
to know if I am making the right decisions for the country. .
He also swept aside the hiccups within the government, against the backdrop of tensions with some of his ministers.
“
We pretend to discover in the newspapers that the Minister of the Economy defends the economy and that the Minister of Agriculture defends agriculture, as if it had never existed.
I reassure you, I am doing very well,
”he said, welcoming that there is“
debate
”.
