
Six days after his declaration of candidacy, the champion lost significant support. Former Minister of Health François Braun has decided to “take a step back”.
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François Braun was Minister of Health from July 2022 to July 2023.
Just a quick turn and then it's gone. Six days after his declaration of candidacy, Teddy Riner lost the support of the best-known political figure in his campaign.
François Braun, Minister of Health in the Borne government from July 2022 to July 2023 and former head of the emergency department of the Metz regional hospital center, decided to “take a step back”, according to information from Libération, confirmed by the person concerned in Le Figaro.
According to our colleagues, Braun entered Riner's campaign without knowing it. During the summer, one of his former advisors, Aline Poulain-Guerza, at the head of a communications agency alongside Cyril Hanouna, contacted him. She would like him to write fact sheets on health topics in order to feed into the program of a future candidate on which she cannot yet express herself. Braun complies, no doubt happy to share his expertise and to be able to distill his views on his field.
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