2023-12-21 07:00:00
He only remained in government for five months. The Minister of Health and Prevention, Aurélien Rousseau, has resigned, announced Wednesday, December 20, the government spokesperson, Olivier Véran, after the Council of Ministers. “I confirm the resignation of Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau,” said Olivier Véran, corroborating information from the newspaper Le Monde. Aurélien Rousseau, from the left wing of the government, wishes to protest against the immigration law adopted on Tuesday December 19 in Parliament in a version toughened by the right, according to Le Monde. The Minister Delegate in charge of Territorial Organization and Health Professions, Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, will take over in the interim, indicated Olivier Véran.
Succeeding emergency doctor François Braun on July 20, the 47-year-old previously headed the office of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. He was particularly opposed to the abolition of state medical aid which offers access to care to foreigners in an irregular situation voted by the Senate as part of the immigration bill. A repeal which the Republicans finally renounced in the agreement reached with the government on the evening of December 19. The native of Alès (Gard) who led the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, during his mandate, notably renewed dialogue with private doctors to relaunch price negotiations between the latter and Social Security.
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Numerous threats of resignation to the government
Several ministers including Roland Lescure for Industry, Clément Beaune for Transport, Patrice Vergriete for Housing and Sylvie Retailleau for Higher Education had threatened to resign if a text that was too harsh was voted on by the National Assembly and the Senate. Guest on the show C à vous on France 5 on Wednesday December 20, Emmanuel Macron affirmed that he respected Aurélien Rousseau’s decision and that he had “a lot of respect for all the majority deputies who voted for a law which was not a law of which they liked all the provisions, but of which they considered it to be a useful law for the country”.
With Archyde.com (Written by Nicolas Delame, edited by Blandine Hénault)
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