A sick person goes up to heaven? French President Macron was diagnosed with the “Book of political events of the epidemic” | The last 24 hours | udn Global

2020/12/18 24 hour corner

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Did a person become ill and ascended to heaven? President of FranceMacronConfirmed “Book of infected political events”

“Let’s continue to worry about Macron, who has a high fever …” French President Macron was diagnosed with Wuhan pneumonia on the morning of the 17th. After US President Trump and British Prime Minister Johnson & Johnson, the Western world has won another attempted infection. Important leader. The Elysee Palace, the French presidential palace, claimed that Macron, 42, currently has symptoms of high fever, cough, runny nose and abnormal tiredness, and went to the Palace of Versailles to “quarantine” alone; Although his condition is not serious, he was 12 years old before the onset of the disease. Within hours, Macron vigorously summoned the prime minister, the spokesmen for both houses of Congress … and other “national leaders” for dinner. Therefore, when the news of the presidential diagnosis was made public, the leaders of the French government cabinet and the leaders of the big political parties British cadres are almost all “close contacts” in high-risk areas.

In France’s current epidemic report, a total of 2.43 million people have been diagnosed and about 60,000 have died. Among them, it is known that 18,254 were diagnosed on the same day as the president on the 17th. The number of new cases reported is slightly lower than in neighboring Great Britain (+25,000 cases) and Germany (+32,000 cases), but the situation Actual medical resources are scarce. Same high pressure, close to collapse.

The Elysee Palace stated that Macron’s health has been closely monitored and that the president himself had no symptoms until late at night on December 16. But in the early morning of the 17th, Macron suddenly began to have a fever, with symptoms of a runny nose, general weakness and a cough. After an emergency exam, it was finally officially confirmed at 10 a.m. Thursday: a positive diagnosis.

After developing symptoms, Macron also left the Elysee Palace complex in Paris and was sent alone to the presidential palace “La Lanterne” (La Lanterne) in Versailles for isolation. The presidential staff revealed that Macron is very clear and will respect the instructions of the epidemic prevention policy, although he will “isolate a person” in the next 7 days, he will use remote networks to handle political affairs.

The Elysee Palace said that in addition to the indefinite cancellation of public events, Macron in remote isolation “continues to function normally”, so it is not necessary to appoint a government agent for the time being.

“But even if the president wants to appoint an agent now … several ‘legal surrogates’ around him are now listed as close contacts, or are isolated or still at risk of infection to clarify the risk. En.”

The French newspaper Le Monde stated that the news of Macron’s diagnosis immediately “shocked the political elites of the Republic,” but that not everyone was concerned about Macron’s physical safety; after all, the president was young and vigorous, but only slightly ill. Currently, there is no threat to life, but is it surprising how Macron contracted the epidemic? Will elite government officials be infected by Macron? Has the “anti-epidemic bubble” of the French center of political power quietly collapsed and will there be more infection gaps?

After Macron fell ill, the second man in the government, French Prime Minister Jean Castex, also immediately canceled all trips abroad and immediately began a 7-day preventive quarantine. The president’s team emphasized that although Castel’s nucleic acid test later on the 17th was “negative”, in the 48 hours before Macron fell ill, Prime Minister Castel had been in close contact with Macron for two consecutive days. … intensely. Get together and have dinner together ”. So, to avoid being fooled by the virus incubation period or causing unnecessary panic of epidemic prevention, Castel will follow the general procedure: isolate unconditionally for 7 days and then do a PCR test for confirmation.

The right-wing “Le Figaro” pointed out that the Elysee Palace cannot yet determine who was infected by Macron. But in the 12 hours before Macron was infected, the French president met several times for “dinners” between the leaders of Congress, the elders of the ruling party and ministers at the first level of government. Was the president infected by this? Or will the president, conversely, infect these “old men”? The chaotic epidemic situation also reflects the special sensitivity of this “presidential case.”

According to the information of the Elysee Palace epidemic, Macron organized a working dinner at the palace on December 16. Participants included: Chief of Staff of the Presidential Office Alexis Kohler (seated on Macron’s right hand), Speaker of the House of Representatives Ferrand (Richard Ferrand, on Macron’s left), Prime Minister Castel (opposite Macron) … all are listed as high risk management targets.

In addition, Macron had also eaten with opposition leaders from the left and right in the 24 hours leading up to dinner the same day. If Macron had become the carrier at that time, he would come into contact with him and be at risk of contagion. Aside from the far right, the politicians included almost include “all the senior elders and political elites” inside and outside of France.

Now in the final stages of the EU meeting at the end of the year, including important bills such as the Brexit trade and economic negotiations, the epidemic prevention and recovery budget and sanctions against Turkey, Macron has lobbied and mediated vigorously. Thus, when the French president fell ill, EU leaders who had been in close contact with Macron also initiated preventive responses, such as EU Summit President Michele, Portuguese Prime Minister Costa, Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez … The leaders also announced their own quarantine at a critical time in late 2020 due to Macron’s diagnosis.

As for Macron’s wife, the 67-year-old “First Lady of France” Brigitte. Macron, having visited the hospital to provide medical assistance, tested negative in a preventive PCR test. Currently, Brigitte has no symptoms of being infected by Macron and is still in the Elysee Palace in Paris for independent health management. However, it will be re-inspected in the near future to make sure.

“One person falls ill and the whole country ascends to heaven … But unlike the masses of people who died from illness, exhaustion and poverty, I believe that the” Ma Huang “will be able to recover quickly under the guard of high medical resources. level”. French ultra-left political party Éric Coquerel, the indomitable French member of the House of Representatives, took the opportunity to be so ironic:

“France is currently in the crisis of a triple storm-” Prevention of the pandemic “(COVID-19 and the first wave of vaccination in the country that will begin on the 27th),” Economy “(Economic and trade negotiations of Brexit, the end will be known on the 23rd at the latest) And the “threat of terrorist attacks” (local ISIS sympathizers who have never ended, and are still resurrected in winter) – at this critical juncture, not only did the president not only fall ill, but which also made the government sick. “

“AFP” stated that due to the unsatisfactory results of the prevention of the epidemic, the economic and medical situation and the severe collapse of the epidemic, together with the recent and controversial legislation of “Global Security Law” and the continuing disputes over the police violence, Macron is currently in France. The tone is not great. Therefore, at the end of the year, Macron, who has faced multiple crises, is particularly anxious. The purpose of intensely summoning the government and party leaders for talks is also the “French national regional elections” in 2021.

According to the report, Macron, who has prospered from the center-left but is currently experiencing a rapid political recovery to the conservative right, is currently doing his best to engineer the presidential elections in 2022. However, Macron cannot cope with the economic reforms, labor policies and post-epidemic recovery problems. Effectively meeting the needs of public opinion, so can regional elections be postponed until summer 2021 or will the results not shake Macron’s re-election authority? It also became the most harrowing political test before Macron fell ill.