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"The Prime Minister claimed that he was meeting us to prepare a general policy speech, but instead we got the impression that he was preparing a programme of general suffering," says Manuel Bompard Gabriel, far-left France Unbowed (LFI) MP for Bouches-du-Rhone, denouncing a "huge increase in the cost of living" as France Unbowed MPs were met in Matignon by Gabriel Attal. IMAGES
The coffin of Carène Mezino, a 37-year-old nurse stabbed to death at the end of May in Reims hospital by a mentally disturbed man, is carried in the hearse in front of the Basilica of Saint-Remi in Reims, in the presence of several hundred people, including the Minister of Health, François Braun. IMAGES
Thousands of people march in Paris in defense of the public health service, demanding an end to bed closures in hospitals. "Austerity kills", warns one sign. IMAGES
Several dozen people demonstrate in front of the University Hospital Institute (IHU) in Marseille against the compulsory vaccination of hospital staff. A general call to strike has been launched, as the Constitutional Council is set to rule on the validity of the new anti-Covid measures. IMAGES
A first Covid patient from Nice is transferred by the medical team of the plane that has just landed in Toulouse to a helicopter, heading for the hospital in Auch. In a bid to avoid more lockdowns due to pressure on the hospital system, France has started transferring Covid patients to regions where the hospital system is less saturated. IMAGES
Four Covid patients are loaded onto an A400M military medical aircraft at Lyon-Bron airport, to be evacuated to hospitals in the Paris region. The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is the most affected in France, and the Regional Health Agency (ARS) is planning a total of 200 patient transfers over the next fortnight. IMAGES