It is a story that has rocked the political world in recent days. Minister Amélie de Montchalin was unable to board a flight to Switzerland and the reason was finally revealed by her press service.
A misunderstanding that caused a lot of noise. This Thursday, December 23, a former pilot and former national delegate of the Navy Blue Rally, Jacques Clostermann, circulated a false rumor on Twitter explaining that the Minister of Transformation and the Public Service had been disembarked from a flight to Geneva, lack of health pass and more precisely, of a complete vaccination schedule. These many tweets, which unleashed Twitter, implied that the politician was a “antivax“. Contacted by Obs, the cabinet of the Minister of Transformation and Civil Service immediately put an end to these rumors ensuring a distortion of the original story.
“Madam Minister is obviously vaccinated and she had no intention of breaking the law “, he told the media, later providing an explanation. “She could not board this plane which was to take her to Geneva to then join her family in Savoie, because she had not done an anti-Covid test“, added the cabinet. It is really a simple confusion.”The French embassy told the minister that she did not have to present a test in addition to her vaccine insofar as she was only taking a transit flight and would leave Switzerland immediately after landing in Geneva“, explained the relatives of the minister, before continuing:”But it was wrong, she did have to take a test.“
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“She is well vaccinated”
The cabinet of the Minister of Transformation and the Public Service also wanted to return to another rumor launched by the former pilot on Twitter. “Madam Minister therefore did not board so as not to delay take-off“, said his press service, before concluding:”She did an antigen test and got on the next plane. “However, this last point was denied by Amélie de Montchalin in person. Contacted by CheckNews, the search engine launched by the media Release, the politician admitted to getting on the plane … before disembarking. Nevertheless, CheckNews confirms having checked the Minister’s health pass and it is indeed valid.
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