Until then, Brigitte Bourguignon used to visit
nursing homes with some indifference.
After the publication of the investigation by journalist Victor Castanet (
Les Fossoyeurs
, Éditions Fayard), the Minister Delegate for Autonomy finds herself on the front line to summon the Orpea group to respond to the accusations.
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“I was terribly angry reading this book. The testimonies that I hear are painful to me”
, observes the former socialist, who entered the government in July 2020. She was to pilot a major autonomy law there, which was finally put away.
Since then, Brigitte Bourguignon has been evolving discreetly in the shadow of her minister, Olivier Véran.
“Amazingly, he did not pre-empt the sequence, while this subject speaks to all French people”
, observes a communicator from the executive.
It is up to Brigitte Bourguignon, little known to the general public, to manage the crisis, reassure families and caregivers who fear being sullied by controversy.
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