“My goal is to stop the bleeding in the hospital”: François Braun, new Minister of Health in the face of crises

When we ask him to answer our questions frankly, François Braun retorts with a knowing smile: “I haven’t yet learned the language of wood”. A novice in politics, a seasoned doctor, propelled Minister of Health after the departure of Brigitte Bourguignon, beaten in the legislative elections, the 59-year-old Metz emergency boss has faced crises. Whether during the Charlie Hebdo attacks, when he was one of the first to arrive on the scene, or in his hospital at the bedside of asphyxiated Covid-19 patients.