To hear the oppositions at the end of the presentation of the deconfinement orchestrated Thursday by Édouard Philippe, answers were provided. The style of the Prime Minister is preferred by some to that of the Head of State. But in addition to a judgment on the confusion of the announcements, important questions remain and, for some, the anger increases. On the form already, Christian Jacob was surprised to see this press conference scheduled at the same time that the law was being debated in the Assembly. " We are still in complete contempt for Parliament ." The president of the Republicans also regretted a lack of " conciseness " and estimated that the new intervention of the head of state announced for Sunday or Monday will be a " new factor of confusion ".
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On the merits, Jacob judges that the stimulus measures are not "up to the economic challenge " that awaits the country. For Eric Woerth, LR chairman of the Assembly's finance committee, these announcements are in line with previous speeches: “ Without any real surprises but with some questions still pending, notably on the tax provisions concerning businesses. "
"Heavy unknowns"
As for Damien Abad, the boss of the LR deputies, he estimated that the deconfinement map was " the fruit of a Jacobin state incapable of trusting the territories to liberate the French under protection ". If his counterpart in the Senate, Bruno Retailleau, welcomed " good news ", he too is still awaiting action. The president of the LR group at the Luxembourg Palace regrets not to see the wearing of the mask made compulsory everywhere in public places and calls for a widening of the screening to break the chains of contamination. As for the health control of the points of entry in France, he still sees gray areas and does not understand why certain French nationals could not join the country if Belgians can do it while their country is affected by the virus.
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No question either for Olivier Faure to attack too head-on. The first secretary of the PS recognizes this: he prefers, like Jean-Luc Mélenchon (LFI), " the more controlled style of the Prime Minister to the more disheveled style of the Head of State ". " We also feel that he was a local elected official, that he is more in tune with the reality on the ground and seeks to correct the copy of Emmanuel Macron, " notes the socialist leader. But on the bottom, to hear it, " heavy unknowns remain ". On the tests, however " essential"And who" disappeared from his speech" On the masks too. “ The executive completely discards and after a long soap opera testing for him, he considers that it is no longer his responsibility. Finally, on the social dimension. The boss of the PS points out the absence of answers to " the question of partial unemployment and unemployment at all ", while the economic crisis promises to be " of mad violence ".
Violence source of anger for the PCF national secretary Fabien Roussel. He denounces these departments " little infected but remained in red because they are under endowment of resuscitation beds. An injustice denounced for years… ”. The deputy from the North will participate Monday morning before the Ministry of Health in a first demonstration after the containment. In limited number.