Renaud Muselier, President Les Républicains (LR) of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region, was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo”, Tuesday, November 16. Booster dose, presidency of the Association of Mayors of France, #MeTooPolitique … He answered questions from Marc Fauvelle and Salhia Brakhlia.
Favorable to the third dose “for everyone” and to a vaccination pass
“We must set up the third dose as soon as possible, for everyone, immediately”, said Renaud Muselier. “We must protect our populations and to protect our populations, we must vaccinate them”, said the one who is also a doctor. And according to him, this is all the more true for caregivers for whom the booster dose is not mandatory at this stage. “They are double vaccinated, they can be triple vaccinated”, he suggested.
“You have to go from a health pass to a vaccination pass”, also recommended Renaud Muselier. According to him, this will allow “all those who are vaccinated with the third dose to have access to life, without blocking everyone”. Asked about this possibility, Gabriel Attal, government spokesperson, told France Inter that the executive was not working on the option of establishing a vaccination pass.
AMF Presidency: Renaud Muselier reaffirms his opposition to the mayor of Cannes
As the 103rd Congress of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF) begins to elect its new president, Renaud Muselier sent a letter on Monday to all the mayors in his region for the “call to vote for Philippe Laurent”, elected UDI, against David Lisnard, yet from the same party and the same region as him. “I prefer the most competent”, he explained.
“The vast majority of mayors in France are not labeled, they need to be represented and defended by people who are representative and who know them perfectly”, he continued, believing that Philippe Laurent, mayor of Sceaux (Hauts-de-Seine) matches the profile since it is “mayor of a small town and secretary general of the AMF”. “Is David Lisnard’s city of Cannes representative of the mayors of France? Not sure”, said Renaud Muselier.
LR Congress: “If Eric Ciotti wins, I will quit my party”
“If Eric Ciotti wins, I will quit my party”, said Renaud Muselier, even if he “do not believe” that the LR deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes can win the congress which must designate the republican candidate for the presidential election of 2022. Among the other candidates in the running – Valérie Pécresse, Philippe Juvin, Xavier Bertrand and Michel Barnier – Renaud Muselier did not reveal whoever wins their vote.
“If we do not win the presidential election, we will be absent from power for 15 years, which means that our political family is in great danger of disappearing”, he explained. This is the reason why, “it is important to integrate”, according to him, the fact that Xavier Bertrand has the best voting intentions in the polls. “What I want is for my political family to win the presidential election”, he insisted.
#MeTooPolitique: Renaud Muselier testifies to his “awareness”
“I love women, I’m a straight white male, but I never realized how assaulted women can be.”said Renaud Muselier, as 285 women politicians called for “to rule out the perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence” of political life in a tribune in the newspaper The world.
The president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region recognizes having “realized” of this reality. “#MeToo, that alerted me”, he continued, indicating to have exchanged with his wife and his collaborators on this subject. “They told me that it really existed but I did not realize because I had never had a case around me. I tell myself today that my perception is not the right one”, he said. Now he has assured “pay attention” what he says and what he does, “because it can be misunderstood, misinterpreted”.
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