Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Death of Jean Germain: Valls, “upset” lost “friend” – Le Point

The policy responses follow each Tuesday after the death of Jean Germain, Socialist Senator, the opening day of a trial in which he was to appear.

Manuel Valls Tuesday said he was “upset” by the death of his “friend”, Senator PS and former mayor of Tours Jean Germain, found dead while opened a trial in which he was to appear. Arriving at a meeting of the PS group in the National Assembly, the Prime Minister launched to the press: “I lost a friend it happens, we were very related with Jean Germain..” “I paid him tribute also there a few days since I was a public meeting in Tours in the town hall which had been for many years an elected extraordinary. He had profoundly changed his city,” continued Manuel Valls .

“He was there, I was happy he was there. I knew he had to face a tough time this trial,” observed the head of government. “I thought he had the strength and determination to be able to confront justice;” “Jean was deeply Touraine. He had in him also a share of that sweetness of central France. It was a Republican, a committed layman, a teacher,” he said again. “I had to see it in a few days as it was to hand with the member (Christine) Pires Beaune a report on the reform of the allocations for local authorities.”

“We exchanged regularly by phone or SMS “he still told the Prime Minister. “I am upset.” “Recently, we lost the elect of great quality,” he said, referring the figure of Claude Dilain, Socialist senator who was mayor of Clichy-sous-Bois, who died in early March.

François Rebsamen , Minister of Labour PS: “Man of integrity and honesty, Jean Germain could not bear to see his honor trampled in the media and to appear as a defendant while he considered himself innocent and a victim of manipulation. ”

Jean-Marie Le Guen , Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament: “In the Senate, a connoisseur of local authorities was known for his skills on public finances. ”

Claude Bartolone , PS President of the National Assembly: “The death of Jean Germain is a huge shock I pay tribute to a great elect of the Republic. who devoted his life to his country and his fellow citizens. ”

Bruno Roux , leader of the PS deputies: “Suicide of our friend Jean Germain is a shock to all socialist and trauma for our democracy . ” “His gesture expresses dismay of an elected devoted to the public good and has not supported his honor be tainted by the trial court was concerned.” “John was a good man.”

PS Senator Jean-Pierre Sueur : “It was a modest man.” “When I spoke to him, he was very quiet and minimized the matter.” “He was very involved in the Grand Orient of France.”

Marisol Touraine , Minister of Health: “I am deeply upset, today is a friend I lose I will never forget her. support and friendship testified to me since my first campaign for parliamentary elections in 1997. ” (Press release)

Bernard Cazeneuve , Interior Minister: “I have a thought for his own, and all those politicians who give of their best same day and sometimes face violence from public life, this share of suffering she calls. ”

Jean-Christophe Cambadélis , first secretary of the PS: “I hope on this sad day salute the memory of a man, an activist who s is devoted for years so passionately to his city of Tours and its inhabitants. Jean Germain was one of us and nothing will tarnish the memory of one who has suffered in recent years from a relentless denigration. “

The PS MP and former minister Aurélie Filippetti : “Sometimes the most honest people is that those who support the less precisely the unjust attacks.”

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