The new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier made his first trip to the Paris emergency services on Saturday, September 7, listening ” caregivers, assuring that even “ without doing miracles “for health,” we can make progress “.
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Welcomed by several right-wing elected officials, Michel Barnier visited the headquarters of the Paris Emergency Medical Aid Service, housed at the Necker Hospital in the 15th arrondissement, where he visited the control room and took part in a round table discussion with the staff.
The new Prime Minister particularly welcomed ” the calm ” And ” professionalism ” agents who take calls. ” These are also useful qualities when you are Prime Minister. “, stressed the head of government, because ” there France is also in a state of emergency “.
On health, one of the “ priorities ” of his government, he wished in front of the press ” that rapid progress is visible in the countryside, in the provision of care […] at the same time as we will continue to work on making the hospital function better, with the staff “Michel Barnier should further detail his orientations in this matter in the general policy statement that he will deliver to the Assembly, he said, “ early October “.
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The preparation of the Social Security budget, whose deficit is widening, has been delayed, while the health sector is suffering, between an underfunded public hospital and an emergency crisis. Several projects aimed at reducing medical desertification have been halted, such as a reform of the nursing profession or the experiment of direct access to specialist doctors.
” Making progress in the efficiency of public spending »
Certainly, ” There are savings to be made ” in the context of a large public deficit, but ” We can make progress in the efficiency of public spending. That is what I am looking for to preserve public service. “, he argued. Without saying whether he would increase taxes, something the previous government refused to do, Michel Barnier promised to ” better [gérer] public money, taxpayers’ money ” The day before on the TF1 channel he had invoked a “ greater tax justice “.
The director of the Paris Samu, Frédéric Adnet, saw in this visit “ a strong symbol “, a message “ reassuring ” This visit ” is not neutral “, replied Michel Barnier, because it means “ personal attention ” which he intends to bring to public services.
In his new, very precarious position at Matignon, since he is deprived of an absolute majority in the Assembly, Michel Barnier is banking on his ability to “negotiate”, to ” put people together » and to « listen to them ” On Saturday, he marked his difference with his predecessors. He refused to ” to show off ” during his term, whenGabriel Attalwho handed over the baton to him on Thursday, was accused of communicating too much or of only ” read notes “, as he often did Elisabeth Borne. “ We understand better, I am sure, by listening to people, by respecting them. ” he hammered home.
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Michel Barnier, a Prime Minister under the surveillance of the National Rally?
The president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, on a trip to the Chalons-en-Champagne fair, demanded on Saturday September 7 of the new Prime Minister Michel Barnier that ” the subjects of the National Rally ” be taken into account by the future government, considering that the tenant of Matignon was “ under surveillance. »
“ Mr Barnier is today at the head of a future fragile government in which he will have to integrate into the concerns, into the actions which will be his, the subjects which are those of the National Rally. “, Jordan Bardella told reporters. I hope that the Prime Minister and the future government can not only get to work, but that they can be attentive to the demands that are now ours. And I believe that from this day on, Mr Barnier is a Prime Minister under surveillance. […] of a political party which is now essential in the parliamentary game ” he added.
The interested party’s response was not long in coming. Michel Barnier himself stressed that he was “ under the surveillance of all French people “. ” The government is under the democratic supervision of all French people and all political groups. ” he added.