The Minister of Labor believes that the deputies of the Nupes “damage” democracy.
The voice visibly tired by the debates, the Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, was the guest of BFMTV this morning of February 17 as the last day of debates around the pension reform in the National Assembly opens.
Debates that will have been marked by tensions, invectives and particularly sharp projections. “I expected the debate to be difficult“, he admits. “Every insult follows an insult“, he regretted, targeting the Nupes and more particularly the group of La France insoumise, deploring “how democracy can be damaged in this way“. “When deputies who sit in a place so steeped in history encourage the most outrageous demonstrations on social networks or in the street, it damages and I find it appalling.»
The minister himself was specifically targeted by the rebel Aurélien Saintoul who called him “assassin“, provoking the indignation of the whole Hemicycle. Sanctioned, the parliamentarian apologized. “I forgive little», slice this morning Olivier Dussopt. “It’s a character trait. There are words that cannot be forgiven. The incident is closed.” While his police security has been reinforced with two additional bodyguards (he already had one), Olivier Dussopt regrets: “I am neither satisfied nor happy that a minister is obliged to be under protection: it means a lot and it means harm.»
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