The executive minimizes the accusations brandished during the rallies held this Wednesday against his health policy.
Asked about Cnews, the Minister Delegate in charge of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness judged the criticisms of the participants "
irrelevant
".
"
Freedom goes as far as it is not to the detriment of that of others
" hammered Franck Riester.
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“
We are in a great democracy. Democracy does not mean that there is no authority,
”he stressed. The measures unveiled this Monday by Emmanuel Macron are quite reasonable, in the context of the pandemic, and "
the president knows how to make the right decisions at these times
", he argued. The government's objective remains to “
preserve and protect
” its fellow citizens, at all costs, added the strong man from Agir.
Asked about the column of MEP (LR) François-Xavier Bellamy, published this Wednesday in our columns, the Minister of European Affairs and Foreign Trade did not take any detours. "
The pandemic has upset our model of society, we have been confined for weeks and months,
" he replied. The philosopher accuses the executive of transforming "
our daily lives, our human relations, our model of society
", a modification "
which will be accomplished in a certain and potentially irreversible manner by the implementation of the health pass
". Franck Riester replied that the pandemic had already "
shaken up our models
" and that the goal was now to avoid "
may the constraints of the past recur
”.
“The challenge is to ensure that a maximum of French people can live with a minimum of constraints”.
Agnes Pannier-Runacher
On Europe 1, the Minister Delegate in charge of Industry also defended the government's orientations.
Vaccines are our best weapon against the virus, and "
the challenge is to ensure that a maximum of French people can live with a minimum of constraints
", argued Agnès Pannier-Runacher.
"
We are doing just the opposite
" of what the protesters denounce, she insisted, assuring that the executive was doing everything to allow the French to "
live the most normal life possible
".
The minister also opposed the words of Eric Piolle: Wednesday, the mayor of Grenoble and candidate for the ecological primary for the presidential election accused Emmanuel Macron of "
abandoning the young
". "
Macron does not have a stable word
," he criticized. "
We are all in the same boat,
" replied Agnès Pannier-Runacher, denouncing a "
political
position
on a subject as dramatic as the fight against the global pandemic, which spares no country
".
On FranceInfo, the Secretary of State for European Affairs also called for moderation. "
We shouldn't exaggerate things either,
" said Clément Beaune. The demonstrators form a “
restless minority
”, making exaggerated words, he argued: “
I have heard people explain that we were under a dictatorship. Words have a meaning in the public debate [...] I would like there to be a lot of dictatorships like France in the world,
”he was annoyed. “
There can't be violence, and you can't just say anything. If we were really in a dictatorship, there would not be the right to demonstrate, to express oneself, there would be no parliamentary debate
”,enumerated the member of the government.
On Wednesday, a few thousand demonstrators - 20,000, according to the authorities - marched in several cities in France to denounce the extension of the health pass during the summer and the vaccination obligation for certain professions. The participants protested against the “
health dictatorship
” and saw the latest restrictions as “
segregation
”. Some were also opposed to vaccination per se.