The Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer was justified on the announcement considered late and by way of press of the new health protocol in the schools Sunday at the end of the afternoon.
The timing surprised, the method too. Sunday afternoon, the Minister of National Education announced the establishment of a new health protocol in schools in an exclusive interview with “Le Parisien”. Initially limited to only subscribers of the digital daily, the interview was then made available to Internet users and coupled with an official communication on the national education site. Asked about LCI, Jean-Michel Blanquer was justified: “We first take a decision in the Defense Council on the main principles from the health reality, and then, all the technical work must be done”, a- he explained, adding that he had to wait “until Friday for the opinion of the Scientific Council and the High Authority of Public Health”. For the Minister, the “process (…) cannot be otherwise if we want to make decisions as close as possible to reality”.
Ad hominem attacks
Still, the interview, which announced the new protocol put in place the next day, including the two free self-tests to be performed by his child if there is contact in his class, had a surprising political tone for a health message intended for children. parents and teachers. Jean-Michel Blanquer has thus referred by name the presidential candidates Valérie Pécresse, on the issue of postponing the start of the school year, and Yannick Jadot, on the installation of CO2 sensors in the classes. Not sure that the late opinion of the Scientific Council and the High Authority of Public Health justified such ad hominem spikes …
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