Thomas Mesnier, loyal member for Macron, will have to prove himself in the Assembly

Before the crisis, they were the two rival doctors of LREM, even if they said they were friends: Olivier Véran, 40, the neurologist from Grenoble, and Thomas Mesnier, 34, the emergency physician from Angoulême. Two deputies as ambitious as they are different in style. Attracting the light, Olivier Véran, former PS deputy mastering his files, at ease in the media and not hesitating to stand up to the executive, quickly stood out, sprinting in the lead, until winning as Agnès Buzyn's natural successor to Health in February.

In the background, Thomas Mesnier, more discreet and new to politics, widens his furrow, having been appointed by the deputies of his group to succeed Olivier Véran as general rapporteur of the Social Affairs Committee in the Assembly. A sensitive post of proposal and control, where he will have the heavy burden of defending in the fall the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2021. A sports exercise while the hole of the

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