Two days after his appointment to Matignon, the new Prime Minister Michel Barnier visited the Necker hospital in Paris this Saturday, his first official trip. Under his leadership, “Public health will be a priority in the countryside and cities”he assured.
“Make the hospital work better”
He wishes for “rapid progress” et “visible in the countryside, in the provision of care, in health centres and medical services”. In parallel with this, he wants to continue “to take care of making the hospital work better with the staff“, he added, emphasizing the word “with“.
He does not give details on how he achieved this, but assures that he does not want to “increase the financial debt on [les] future generations, nor the ecological debt”. “I think that by managing public money better we can make progress in the efficiency of public spending. Give me a few weeks, don’t be too impatient”he added, addressing the journalists present. He emphasizes that he is there “to make progress” not “miracles”.
Regarding public hospitals, which have been suffering for many years, he said that there are “progress to be made in the organization” et “savings to be made if we listen to people”. “I will continue to try to understand in order to act well” he promised.
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“Under the surveillance of all French people”
Asked about his appointment and the composition of his future government, he said that he was “under the surveillance of all French people“, responding to the leader of the National Rally Jordan Bardella who earlier had affirmed that the new Prime Minister was “under surveillance” of his party. “I am under the surveillance of all French people. The government is under the democratic surveillance of all French people and all political groups.”declared Michel Barnier on the sidelines of his first trip.
He assured that he would continue his “listening and consultation work“and specifies that he will see”all political groups including those who expressed a kind of automatic and prior opposition even before knowing who will be minister and what the government’s programme will be”.
Two days after the appointment of Michel Barnier to Matignon, thousands of people took to the streets this Saturday to oppose Emmanuel Macron’s decision and ask him to “respect democracy“, believing that the president denied the results of the early legislative elections, which saw the left come out on top.
