In a visit to Ariège on Monday, April 27th, the President of the Republic criticized, without naming them, those advocating for a much tougher line with Algeria, while discussing the situation of medical deserts in France.
Interrogated by healthcare workers during his visit to Ariège on Monday, April 27th, Emmanuel Macron did not mince his words when it came to discussing the situation of “practitioners with degrees from outside the EU.” “We have a system that is completely messed up,” the President of the Republic expressed his frustration, as reported by BFM.
“These Padhue, it’s chaos, it drives me crazy! They practice medicine and at the time they need to be confirmed, they have to retake an exam.”
These doctors employed in French hospitals are less well-paid than their permanent counterparts. They must demonstrate their level by undergoing knowledge verification tests, and then follow a skills consolidation program for two years.
An attack against the right, without naming them
According to the Order of Doctors, 36.8% of “Padhue” come from Algeria, indicating the importance of Algerian doctors for the French healthcare system. Thus, the President of the Republic went further when another doctor confronted him on the subject: “Go tell all the crazy people who say we should be angry with Algeria,” Emmanuel Macron responded.
This slip-up seems to target, without naming them, supporters of a hardline stance against Algeria, including his former Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, as well as Jordan Bardella, who has repeatedly promised to engage in diplomatic confrontation if he were in charge of the country.
A “false pretext” to “hide the real problems”
In response to the President of the Republic, LR presidential candidate Bruno Retailleau denounced on Monday the “false pretext” put forward by Emmanuel Macron to “hide the real problems” with Algeria, after the head of state referred to those who want to “be angry” with Algiers as “crazy.”
“Emmanuel Macron attacked those who, like me, advocate for firmness with Algeria, particularly citing the administrative burdens for foreign doctors,” stated the head of The Republicans in a statement, arguing that it is a “false pretext that only aims to hide the real problems.”
“With the Algerian regime, the policy of good intentions is doomed to fail,” he asserted, in response to the president’s remarks during a hospital visit in Ariège, where he criticized, during a conversation with an Algerian doctor, all those who want to “be angry with Algeria.”
