The mustard rises to the nose of the government against Grégory Doucet.
This weekend, no less than four ministers have thus stepped up to the plate against the ecological mayor of Lyon (Rhône).
Reason: the unique menu, without meat, that the town hall wishes to temporarily set up in all the canteens of the city to allow better organization in these times of Covid.
It is "an antisocial and doctrinaire choice", lambasted Olivier Dussopt, Minister for Public Accounts.
“I am always in favor of leaving the choice to the students.
It should not be an ideological decision, ”declared, for his part, the spokesperson for the government, Gabriel Attal, to the Grand Jury RTL-Le Figaro-LCI.
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, denounced a "scandalous ideology" and "a" moralist and elitist "policy which excludes the working classes," in addition to the unacceptable insult to French farmers and butchers.
"Julien Denormandie, Minister of Agriculture, urged the ecologists not to put" ideology on the plate of our children "before entering the prefect ...
The Collomb case law
These attacks triggered a spicy response from the mayor of Lyon.
"Continue to be in the Mr. Darmanin posture, you are only masking your lack of background", tweeted Grégory Doucet.
For the municipal team, the explanation is, on the contrary, in line with health constraints.
This one-time menu measure is taken for health reasons.
We did not hear you make these comments to Gérard Collomb, a member of your political family and who had taken exactly the same measure during the first wave.
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- Grégory Doucet (@Gregorydoucet) February 21, 2021
“The new protocol imposes a distance of two meters in school catering against one meter previously.
So, to speed up the service and get all the registered people to eat during the lunch break, we chose a single menu, ”we justify.
"If we take into account intolerances, allergies, children who do not eat pork, meatless menus are the least restrictive," says an assistant to the town hall.
They also make it possible to avoid the massive recourse to the picnic.
In a context of increasing food insecurity, this system avoids reducing the number of children received.
"And Grégory Doucet pretend to be surprised:" We did not hear you say these words to Gérard Collomb, a member of your political family who had taken exactly the same measure during the first wave.
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Repeated weapon passes
Last spring and until August, Gérard Collomb, still mayor of the capital of the Gauls, had indeed taken a similar decision.
"There will be a meal without meat, therefore vegetable / fish which will be served to respond, at best, to the drastic health protocol imposed in schools," he explained last May.
But history does not iron the dishes twice, we believe in the government.
"In May, the conditions were unprecedented and exceptional," says one in the entourage of Julien Denormandie.
Since then, the town halls have had time to adapt.
A unique dish, why not?
But removing the meat is against the nutritional rules for children.
And all the more so since lunch in the canteen is often the only balanced meal of the day in low-income families.
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This is not the first time that the executive has been at loggerheads with the new environmental councilors.
This summer, after the dissemination on social networks of images of armed dealers in a district of Grenoble, Gérald Darmanin had ordered a police operation.
Eric Piolle, the mayor, had deplored a communication operation, while the minister had criticized his "angelic speeches.
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Macron defends 5G against "the Amish model"
Another pass of arms, on 5G, this time, that many elected Greens reject.
Emmanuel Macron then quipped on those who would prefer “the Amish model” and the “return to the oil lamp.
"As for the reluctance of the mayor EELV of Bordeaux to perpetuate the Christmas tree on a town square or the arrows of the mayor of Lyon against a" macho and polluting "Tour de France, they had attracted the final judgment of Marlène Schiappa, the Minister for Citizenship.
“These people don't like the party or the joy of others.
We don't have to impose our sadness.
»Atmosphere.