They say they are "shocked" , "worried" or even "outraged" . They fear being “ostracized”, considered as “second-class citizens”, “the last of the ropes” or joking about a government “which suddenly cares about the health of its elders after leaving the Ehpad to the 'abandonment' . The prospect of a prolonged confinement after May 11 for those over 65 or 70 years bristles with a crowd of seniors who brandish their "right to freedom" .
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“The way in which Emmanuel Macron sketched this measure made me angry. Suddenly, I felt old while I was in great shape. It gave me a morale boost, ”said Sylvie, a 72-year-old former lawyer. Between visits to her elderly mother in a nursing home, the swimming pool several times a week and a commitment to a charity, the agenda of the septuagenarian is usually packed. Today, she must be content with walking to keep herself in shape. "At our ages, there is a tendency to get depressed and
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