# RendezNousLaMer… Since Prime Minister Édouard Philippe ruled out opening access to the beaches before at least June 1, calls are multiplying to “free the Breton beaches” from May 11, and for reasoned access to the coast .
“In Brittany, our beaches are our parks and gardens. I plead that, under the authority of the mayors, we can reopen them as quickly as possible without taking risks for our health ”, tweeted region president Loïg Chesnais-Girard (PS) on Thursday.
The four departments of Brittany, the first coastal region in coastal kilometers, are classified in green according to the provisional map published Friday by the government with a view to deconfinement.
"Our beaches and coasts are not exactly the same as those of the Côte d'Azur in view of the low pressure of the epidemic and the configuration of most of our beaches", notes for Loïg Chesnais-Girard.
"Let opening become the rule again and closing the exception"
A petition launched Tuesday to the four prefects of the Atlantic coast has collected more than 26,000 signatures. It calls for a reopening of the beaches on the coast "for surfers, swimmers, joggers, walkers and any other person practicing physical activity for a fixed period without regrouping".
"From May 11 we can walk within a radius of 100 km in the parks and woods of the departments + green + and we would not be able to do it on the strikes and the coastal paths of Brittany? "Questions Dominique Cap, president of the association of mayors of Finistère, who sent a letter to the Prime Minister with other mayors of the region.
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Likewise, he underlines, "we will have the right to cycle alone but not canoeing or windsurfing, and the recreational fishermen will not be able to go out either, it is illogical". "It is necessary that the opening becomes again the rule and the closing, via a decree, the exception", pleads Dominique Cap, making the difference between "an urban beach at the time of a sunny bridge which can pose problem", and the access to thousands of kilometers of wild coastline.
Alain Cadec, president LR of Côtes d'Armor, campaigned for organized access to beaches "in accordance with health recommendations and under the authority of mayors".
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The navigator Anne Quéméré, who lives in Finistère, said she was "angry and stunned" in Ouest-France, by the government decision. “When they banned the practice of leisure sports to focus on priorities, medical evacuations or first aid […] I understood it very well, but walking on a beach, frankly I do not quite see where is the danger, ”she explains.
In a press release, the Brittany Marina Association also wanted a return to “freedom of navigation” from May 11.