Christophe Castaner convened this Wednesday the prefect of Pays de la Loire to remind him of "his obligations" after critical remarks on the opening of PMA to all women, one of the flagship measures of the bioethics bill.
The Ministry of the Interior confirms to the Parisian the summons of the prefect. Christophe Castaner received him this morning, listened to his explanations and reminded him of his homework. No sanctions have been mentioned, according to our information.
According to the online investigation site Médiacités, Claude d'Harcourt publicly expressed reservations about the bill, Monday evening, during his vows to the economic world and to the living forces of the Pays de la Loire.
This evening, Claude d'Harcourt, prefect of the Pays de la Loire and Loire-Atlantique region, presents his # wishes to the # economic players in the area. pic.twitter.com/cGtAjEJMul
- Prefect of Pays de la Loire and Loire-Atlantique (@ Prefet44) January 20, 2020"The bioethics bill carries a major anthropological break," he reportedly said, according to Médiacités. He added: "Personally, I am not sure that this law promotes the benchmarks to which our fellow citizens aspire. "
According to a source familiar with the matter, the prefect admitted having made such remarks during his interview with the Minister of the Interior. Christophe Castaner estimated that it was a “fault” and would have asked the prefect of Harcourt to react during the day.
This statement comes as the Senate began Tuesday, consideration of the bioethics bill whose emblematic measure is the opening of the PMA to all women. This took an additional step Tuesday evening at the High Assembly with the rejection of several amendments which intended to delete it from the text.
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The prefect Claude d'Harcourt had previously been implicated for his management of policing during the last Fête de la Musique in Nantes, during which Steve Maia Caniço, 24, had drowned in the Loire in margin of a controversial police intervention, at the edge of a quay.