There is war against the virus. And there is another war, underground, political, which is being waged by the majority and the opposition. Emmanuel Macron's recurring calls for unity did nothing: the sacred union remained only a wishful thinking for the government in power. The clashes started more than ten days ago, around the question of maintaining the first round of municipal elections. They have intensified over the shortage of masks, the lack of screening tests, the use of chloroquine, and, most recently, the release of prisoners from prisons.
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While the government has to deal with an unprecedented health crisis, the opposition is increasing the number of attacks and systematically denouncing potential loopholes or failures by the executive. Former Minister Rachida Dati considers that we will have to "learn lessons" from this crisis. On Sunday, the president of the group Les Républicains à l'Assembly, Damien Abad, also announced the creation
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