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Valérie Petit (Agir): "The State sometimes goes too far in restricting freedom"

2021-02-03T20:04:48.252Z


INTERVIEW - Member of the presidential majority, the deputy from the North believes that the government has "difficulty in being accountable" for its management of the health crisis. She calls for more proportionate measures while "some French people can no longer" restrictions.


Member of the presidential majority, Valérie Petit is deputy (Agir) of the North.

LE FIGARO.

- You have tabled a motion for a resolution to force the executive to assess the consequences of health restrictions on public freedoms.

Has the state gone too far?

VALERIE PETIT.-

Yes, the state sometimes goes too far in restricting liberty.

This is the raison d'être of my motion for a resolution “impact and proportionality of emergency measures on our freedoms”.

Some French people, such as restaurateurs, students or even the self-employed, cannot take it any longer, this raises a question about the acceptance of these measures even though the epidemic is not over.

A state of health emergency was declared in March, making almost 320 days of state of emergency.

The state of health emergency, let us remember, is not an obligation but a facility and a provisional concession made by Parliament to the executive power.

A state of emergency is not meant to go on forever,

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Source: lefigaro

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