This Thursday, November 21, 2024, Jean-Michel Aphatie received Robert Ménard on RTL Matin. In front of radio journalists, the politician was questioned about the tasting of Beaujolais Nouveau, the latest vintage of which was released the same day. But now the mayor of Béziers has revealed that he no longer drinks wine at all “for personal reasons”. “You don't know what it's like to have an alcoholic in your family. I don't think you can imagine the devastation that this causes…”then says the politician, visibly very touched by this subject. To which Jean-Michel Aphatie says: “I find what you say very touching and true. And I think that in this regard, we need to have a different awareness of things.”
Jean-Michel Aphatie upset by the testimony of Robert Ménard
Indeed, alcohol consumption is a subject treated differently compared to that of drugs, as Amandine Bégot, the columnist, recalls: “When we have a president like Emmanuel Macron who, every time, we want to touch on the slightest prevention campaign around alcohol intervenes…”. Robert Ménard then reacted immediately: “At the beginning, I pretended to drink at home when I was elected (…) At one point, I said to myself: 'But shit, they (the inhabitants of Béziers) like me for what I am I am’. I don’t drink wine!”he clarified before Amandine Bégot cut him off: “You go (…)
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