Complaint of the College of Physicians against Perronne: Me Benages returns to the hearing of September 13

On September 13, Professor Christian Perronne was heard before the Île-de-France disciplinary chamber of first instance of the Order of Physicians, following two complaints filed in 2020, by the National Council of the Order of Physicians ( CNOM), and by Dr Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, one of the protagonists of the harcelosphere. For this exclusive “Essential interview”, his lawyer, Me Thomas Benages, details and analyzes the accusations made against the academic during his hearing. According to the lawyer, the decision to be made in October is crucial: it will determine whether doctors have a more restricted right of freedom of expression compared to the rest of the population, when it comes to criticizing the against the health system. In France, will those whose discourse diverges from that of the government suffer sanctions inspired by the Chinese model?