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From Marseille to the Élysée Palace, how Didier Raoult seduced the political class

2020-04-01T19:00:32.747Z


INVESTIGATION - Approached from the left as from the right, the director of the IHU-Mediterranean seeks to polish his image.


He arranged the photos one above the other. And carefully framed them, as we stack trophies. These photographs hold a special place in the heart of Professor Didier Raoult, the scientist whom the whole world hesitates to describe as genius or impostor. They sit on the wall of his office on the 4th floor of the Institut hospitalo-universitaire (IHU) in Marseille.

We can see Didier Raoult, hair then disciplined, with Jacques Chirac. On another, he is greeted by Nicolas Sarkozy. On the third, he received the accolade from François Hollande in the village hall of the Élysée. A small handwritten note, signed by the socialist, accompanies this memory. Finally, a photo immortalizes the meeting with Emmanuel Macron, at the Palais, on March 5, 2020. Change of atmosphere. Professor Raoult sports his now famous druid hair. The smiles are tense.

On this day, the President of the Republic brought together scientists for the first time to make an assessment of

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Source: lefigaro

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