Emmanuel Macron excludes a rapid reopening of nightclubs, kept closed since the first confinement, reiterated the president during an exchange on Snapchat with young people broadcast Saturday, December 5 by Brut.
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"
We will do it as soon as possible, but as long as the virus is circulating a little intensely, it would be madness to do that.
I tell you very sincerely
”, launched the Head of State to a young man who challenged him on the world of the night according to him“
in the process of falling into ruins
”.
"
I know the sacrifice we are asking you and how hard it is,
" replies Emmanuel Macron, but "
what we know about this virus is that it spreads a lot when we are in closed places, close to each other, and where we sing, we talk loudly, we eat, we make an effort, ... The nightclub, when we have said all that, it's not the best place .
"
"
It will last, I will not lie to you, a few more weeks, even a few months,
" he concludes in this exchange recorded on the sidelines of the interview-river Emmanuel Macron by Brut Friday.
Restaurants, but not bars and nightclubs, will be able to reopen from January 20 on the express condition that "
the end of the year holiday period does not (have) resulted in a rebound in the epidemic
", explained at the end of November the Prime Minister Jean Castex.
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