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Pierre Dartout et S.A.S. le Prince Albert II / Pierre Dartout and HSH Prince Albert II

was transmitted and there were no masks. whether they be managed by major states or is certain is that, faced with something
What lessons have you learnt from both a on the ground. unprecedented, even the scientists themselves
political and human perspective? Humility? draw different conclusions and analyses. It’s
Forest fires, floods, social crises, demonstrations What was the worst crisis you have had to normal that people should discuss things and
and strikes: in general, no crisis is completely deal with before this? that, sometimes, this gives rise to disagreement.
unique. There have been precedents. This time, There were the forest fires in the Bouches-du- With time, trials and testing, some points of view
not so. We were permanently learning. We had Rhône and the Var, as well as in the Gironde; a become more valid than others.
to adapt. With Covid-19, we cannot meet up as serious flood crisis in the Pyrénées-Orientales;
we normally would during a crisis. I had to put and the Prestige oil spill off the Basque coast How was your relationship with Professor
up with that situation in Marseille. We worked at the end of 2002 was terrible. Raoult?
by phone but telephone conferences have their I remember President Macron coming to see
limits. Every day I held a videoconference with The South of France had its own Coronavirus him on 9 April 2020 and that he had launched
the French Interior Ministry. I also had regular spokesman in Professor Raoult. This crisis some initiatives, a policy of testing and that
meetings with other regional leaders, such as has put the Paris/regional divide in the he had critics as well as strong support.
Renaud Muselier, President of the PACA Region, spotlight, in particular because of the issues The 2021 Preliminary Budget is the first
as well as employers’ organisations. What’s over the hydroxychloroquine treatment. under your authority. What was your approach
more, anyone can get this virus, so you feel at I would go far as to include all the provinces in this complex social and economic context
risk. This is very different from other crises, in that as well as Marseille [he smiles]. What and period of pandemic?

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