The emergency doctor eventually learned to be patient.
This week, Thomas Mesnier spent more than fifteen hours in the cauldron of the Assembly, to reply to the elected members of the opposition and to try to make his way in the middle of the more than 2000 amendments tabled.
So goes the life of a general rapporteur of the Social Security budget, in full examination of this key text, an obligatory passage for parliamentarians from the fall.
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Thomas Mesnier, back to emergency
Little known to the general public, the deputy (La République en Marche, LREM) for Charente took over in this strategic position from Olivier Véran - another doctor - after his appointment to the Ministry of Health in the spring of 2020.
“My role is to find balance, ”
summarizes the elected 35-year-old, behind his glasses.
Cantor of
“new real rights”
and the fight against
“
medical deserts
”
, Thomas Mesnier has been trying for a year and a half to imprint his mark as “Mr.
Health ”of the majority.
"He is a deputy who works and with whom the discussion is easy"
, supports the Minister of Accounts
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