Ségolène Royal estimated Wednesday that the authorization given to the supporters of Juventus to make the displacement in Lyon "seems incoherent" and that "the opinion does not understand" this decision in full crisis of the coronavirus. The mayors (LR) of Meyzieu and Décines-Charpieu, where the Olympique Lyonnais stadium is to host the Champions League match, asked the authorities on Tuesday to ban the arrival of nearly 3,000 Juve supporters , "In the name of the precautionary principle but also the prevention of any disturbance to public order".
"It seems incoherent and opinion does not understand"
"We do not understand, for example, why some students who return from trips are put in the fortnight, are sidelined, and why we bring supporters for the match", said on France 2 the former candidate for the 2007 presidential election. "It seems incoherent and opinion does not understand," added the former socialist minister.
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"Perhaps the government has information that in any case the public does not have, but I think that to avoid triggering panic, we must consider that the French people are mature, that they have the capacity to understand, provided he has the feeling that he is being told "things," insisted Mme Royal.
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"Yes, it seems incoherent, opinion does not understand, but perhaps there is information that justifies this decision, hence the need for transparency. "
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She proposed the establishment of an "information crisis management commission" in the form of a "committee of medical experts who can answer everyday questions asked by citizens through of the press". "The same instructions are given on both sides of the border between France and Italy", assured for his part Aurore Bergé, MP and spokesperson for LREM on RFI.
"In the same way, people who are Italian are told, depending on the symptoms, not to travel or even to stay in isolation (...) There is no reason why people should be less reasonable and that the instructions are given less ”in Italy, she added.
Stanislas Guerini, general delegate of LREM, refused to pronounce himself, judging that it is up to the "health authorities", and not to the politicians, to decide. "When you face a virus, a pandemic, you have to have a spirit of responsibility and I believe that politicians must respect what the scientific authorities say," he argued on BFM Business.
In Europe, Italy is the most affected European country, with more than 300 people infected, mostly in the north of the country. Ten people died, all of them elderly and previously suffering from serious pathologies. Several media have announced an eleventh victim. The neighboring countries of Italy decided on Tuesday to keep their borders open.
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