Brigitte Macron "hears the criticism".
"I understand them, I understand everything, but the only thing I don't understand is wickedness, violence and lies, that I don't understand," said the first lady on TF 1 on Monday.
President of the Hospital Foundation, she spoke at the 20 Hours on the occasion of the launch of the 34th edition of the Yellow Pieces.
Asked about the hospital crisis, she felt that caregivers "suffer because they are afraid of not doing their job, so much they have to do".
"They are concerned about doing well and they do so well that those who speak best of them are the patients," she said.
“They also tell me that they are understaffed (…), but they love this hospital, and if they are afraid, it is for their hospital, they want to save it.
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Brigitte Macron also spoke about her relationship with the head of state.
“I am a smuggler, I pass the messages to him (
to Emmanuel Macron
), she added, specifying that she was not “used to filters”.
“I would never allow myself: be
careful, do this, do that
, but I pass it on to him.
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“He remains who he always was”
On the decried pension reform, Brigitte Macron stressed that "the French, in difficulty, have always reacted positively".
“If I take the Covid, the way they reacted to barrier gestures, to confinement, the French have always adapted.
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She also wanted to send a message to young people: “What the youngest tell me (…):
in any case, we will not have a pension
.
So me, what I want to say to young people is
everything is done so that you have a retirement
.
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Has the head of state changed since his first election?
“He adapts to situations, but fundamentally he remains who he has always been,” she replied.
“This second five-year term, he is approaching it like the first, he started with a bang.
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