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Covid, re-containment, security ... What to remember from Jean Castex's first grand oral

2020-09-24T21:11:42.821Z


Guest of France 2 this Thursday evening, the Prime Minister notably announced an 8% increase in the justice budget.


First assessment after 100 days.

Almost three months after his appointment to Matignon, Jean Castex was the guest of France 2 this Thursday evening.

The opportunity, for the Prime Minister, to take stock of the deterioration of the health situation in France, and the acceleration of the circulation of the coronavirus in the territory.

Just minutes before its intervention, France had just beaten a new contaminations record, with 16,096 new cases and 52 deaths in 24 hours.

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● Towards a general "reconfinement" "if we do not act"

Will the second wave be like the first?

"

If we don't act - and we will act!"

-, (...) we could find ourselves in a situation similar to the one we experienced in the spring

”, warned Jean Castex.

"

It could mean re-containment

", conceded the Prime Minister, according to whom "

it must be avoided

" at all costs.

● "We do not play with an epidemic"

Worried about protests and calls for disobedience, Jean Castex addressed those who are indignant at the measures announced Wednesday by the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.

"

They are wrong because we are not playing with an epidemic

", he insisted, calling again for "

responsibility

" which is "

necessarily collective

".

● “No”, Jean Castex did not even download the “StopCovid” application

Do what I say, not what I do.

Jean Castex admitted that he did not even bother to download the “StopCovid” application.

I didn't.

Yes, I am pushing the French to do it, but I did not do it because ... There ... I did not.

I am very honest with you,

”he defended himself.

Like him, the ministers Éric Dupond-Moretti (Justice) and Marlène Schiappa (Citizenship) admitted to being poor students in this area.

Downloaded less than 3 million times, the program has not yet found its audience in France: only 268 alerts have been sent.

● Bars and restaurants that will have to close will be “compensated”

The closure of bars and restaurants is going badly.

Especially within the Aix-Marseille metropolis and in Guadeloupe, where it will be total from Saturday.

But also in departments on heightened alert - including Paris - where it will be mandatory at 10 p.m. at the latest.

"

We are three times more likely to be contaminated in a bar than elsewhere, twice as much in a restaurant

", explained Jean Castex.

The Prime Minister, however, promised that the restaurateurs concerned will be "

compensated

" through recourse to partial unemployment, an exemption from social charges, and the Solidarity Fund for businesses.

● Bridgestone: “we will fight” to save jobs

"

We will fight

" but "

the game will be complicated

".

Jean Castex promised that the executive will do everything to ensure that the Bridgestone plant in Béthune (Pas-de-Calais), "

does not close or be reconverted

".

The Japanese tire group has indicated that it wants to close this site where 863 jobs are at stake. The Prime Minister recalled that the 10 billion production tax cuts, planned for 2021 as part of the recovery plan, are aimed at in particular to avoid relocations.

● The justice budget will increase by 8% in 2021

Unheard of

” for 35 years.

"We are going to increase the justice budget by 8% in 2021", solemnly indicated Jean Castex.

This will notably result in the hiring of “

900 staff immediately

”.

This increase must be integrated into the 2021 finance law, which will be presented by the government on Monday.

Champion of the “

republican order

” since his appointment, the Prime Minister emphasizes the role of an “

efficient police

” and a

rapid “

criminal response

” to “

the progression of violence

”.

● Dupond-Moretti blames Sarkozy's record… in front of his ex-adviser Jean Castex

In a short intervention from the cabinet, behind Jean Castex, Eric Dupond-Moretti attacked the security record of the five-year Sarkozy.

Objective: to attack the mayor LR of Cannes David Lisnard, who was invited in duplex.

When he was in power, they fired 12,5000 police officers.

Don't talk to me about security!

Also assume what you have also done sir

”, launched the Minister of Justice to his interlocutor.

Answer from the elected representative: “

I was not in power.

Mr. Castex was in power

”.

A reference to the years he spent in the cabinet of the former president, first as an advisor, then as deputy secretary general of the Élysée (2011-2012).

● The pension system will be universal "in this five-year term"

A postponement but not a retreat.

Suspended by the coronavirus crisis, the pension reform should see the light of day before the end of Emmanuel Macron's mandate.

"(It) will be split in two", however confirmed the Prime Minister.

There will thus be, initially, "

the reform on the new universal regime, on which President Emmanuel Macron is committed, on which (the government will) resume consultations, and which (the executive) intends to carry out end up in this five-year term

”.

As for the financing component, which had given rise to the very controversial "pivotal age", Jean Castex announced that the Retirement Orientation Council had been asked to "

shed light on the situation of social schemes, and in particular of pension scheme, especially following the Covid crisis, to see (...) the measures that should be taken

”.

● Roland-Garros: the audience level reduced to 1,000 people

A tournament in the fall, and almost behind closed doors.

The 2021 edition of Roland-Garros, which begins on Sunday, will be unlike any other.

And for good reason, it will not be played in front of 5000 people, as it should initially be the case, since Jean Castex announced that the public gauge would be lowered to 1000 people, spectators and accredited persons included.

Source: lefigaro

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