Under a bridge not far from Bercy (Paris 12th), Thomas, Agathe and Clément, three marauders from a charity association, strike up a conversation with Mario, an affable homeless man who is about to listen to the France-Chile match at home. radio. “Are you okay, wasn’t it too hard this winter?” » — “Oh no, here I am sheltered from the wind and then, sometimes, the bureaucrats bring me coffee. » The phrase makes Clément Beaune, MP (Renaissance) for the 7th constituency of Paris, smile, made incognito by the large fluorescent orange parka lent by the first aid association.
This Tuesday evening he is participating in his first “maraude des parliamentarians”. An initiative supported by the Common Good Fund, which aims to take senators and deputies who wish to meet people living on the streets. The goal: to confront the reality of social exclusion.
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