“
There is no room for argument for me.
"While the decision of Grégory Doucet, ecological mayor of Lyon, to temporarily establish unique menus without meat in canteens, arouses indignant reactions within the government, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, quickly swept aside the controversy .
Read also: In Lyon, farmers demonstrate against meatless meals in canteens
Despite a stated intention to streamline the service in the current health context, the elected EELV drew the wrath of several members of the government this weekend.
The Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, thus denounced a “
scandalous ideology
” and a “
moralist and elitist policy which excludes the popular classes
”.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food, Julien Denormandie, for his part seized the prefect of the Rhône, calling to stop "
putting ideology on the plates of our children
".
Traveling this Monday morning to the CAF in Lyon, the Minister of Health in turn spoke on the recent decision of the mayor of the city, taking the opposite view of his colleagues.
"I make vegetarian menus for my own children"
“
In families, especially in precarious situations, meat and fish can be expensive, and therefore when we put our children in school and in the canteen, it is also an opportunity for the child to have protein. 'animal origin which are important in a nutritional diet
,' he first conceded to reporters.
Before qualifying: “
Besides that, it is the father of the family who will answer you.
I make vegetarian menus for my own children.
""
I am certainly not shocked and certainly not scandalized that we can offer meals without meat or fish at school.
(...) I would say that there is no reason for me to argue
, ”then ruled the minister.
Olivier Véran then explained that he wanted to focus on other subjects instead.
"
Where I am fighting, and where Julien Denormandie is fighting by my side as well as Jean-Michel Blanquer (...), it is to encourage all the municipalities to apply a social tariff for families living in precarious situation
, ”he concluded.
