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“Politics is a commitment of human contact”, defends the Minister of the Economy.
“We are all fallible”, declared the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery, Bruno Le Maire, Wednesday November 24 on franceinfo, questioned on a video of Tuesday November 16 shot during the Congress of Mayors of France and in which we see the Prime Minister minister, Jean Castex, without a mask and without respecting barrier gestures a week before being tested positive for Covid-19, Monday. “We are all fallible”, repeated Bruno Le Maire, “let’s say it with humility and try to improve ourselves”.
“Politics is a commitment to human contact, I have been elected for 15 years and one of the pleasures of the chosen one is to meet fellow countrymen”, justified the minister. “I consider that when you are a politician, you are obviously not above the law, but when you do a human job, which calls for contact, it can be difficult to refrain from this contact even if you must do it “, concluded Bruno Le Maire.
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