Jean Castex? Hard to hear more praise for a politician. "A great man" , "the man for the job" , "a great servant of the state" : the same words come back to describe "Mr. Deconfinement ”of the government, in charge of overseeing the end of the crisis. Thursday, guest of TF1, Édouard Philippe announces that this 54-year-old enarque, passed by the Court of Auditors and mayor LR of Prades (Pyrénées-Orientales) will be responsible for the “coordination of an inter-ministerial working group to reflect on the strategy of deconfinement ” .
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A great connoisseur of the hospital sector as well as the mysteries of the administration, this high-ranking civil servant and elected official - he has just been re-elected with 75.7% of the votes in the first round of the municipal elections - made consensus within the executive for oversee this highly sensitive mission. In a few weeks, he will have to succeed in adapting the way out of the crisis as closely as possible to the field, in conjunction with local elected officials, administrations, ministries.
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