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The confidences of Florence Parly before her departure from the Ministry of the Armed Forces

2022-05-11T19:01:25.483Z


STORY - The Minister will have spent five years at the head of the Armies. She looks back on her balance sheet and “a cycle that is ending”.


Five boxes are waiting to be removed.

In her office on the ground floor of the Hôtel de Brienne, Florence Parly is preparing for her departure.

A few days after the second round of the presidential election, the Minister of the Armed Forces also savors a moment of respite.

The official agenda has lightened up.

She is also recovering from mild Covid which forced her into solitary confinement the previous week.

While we watch in Paris for the rare rumors about the next government, she tidies up her files, collects a few souvenir photos.

Even if the re-elected president extends his post for a few more weeks, she does not intend to drag on.

She can stay out of duty or leave without regrets.

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“A cycle is coming to an end

,” she confides.

Woman of numbers, she did the count: 200 Defense Counsel and 538 trips including 167 abroad.

The pace was intense, she summarizes, not to say exhausting.

Florence Parly is waiting for another to take over.

“The president must be able to expand as much as possible

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Source: lefigaro

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