He appeared before the Senate on Monday afternoon to take stock of the government's strategy in the fight against the coronavirus. And Edouard Philippe took advantage of his visit to the Palais du Luxembourg to make several announcements around deconfinement. Here's what to remember.
Aid of 200 euros for 800,000 young people
Aid of 200 euros will be paid to 800,000 young people under 25 "precarious or modest", he said. "This sum will be paid in early June to students who have lost their job or their internship and to isolated overseas students who have been unable to return home," added Edouard Philippe.
"It will be paid in mid-June to young people under 25, precarious or modest, who receive housing assistance," said the Prime Minister.
Because of the confinement, many students find themselves in very serious financial difficulties. "University restaurants have closed and many young people have lost the jobs they need to eat," said Edouard Philippe.
Philippe announces aid of 200 euros for 800,000 young people under 25
The mask not necessarily compulsory in college
This is one of the very sensitive points of the beginning of the deconfinement, scheduled for May 11. Edouard Philippe addressed the issues raised by the gradual return of students to school.
“We will provide masks to the personnel of the National Education and to the secondary school students. For the latter, the mask will be mandatory when the rules of social distancing may not be respected, "said the Prime Minister.
This is a change of position for the tenant of Matignon. On Tuesday, he announced to deputies that the mask would be compulsory for middle school students. The latter must resume classes on May 18, only in departments where the circulation of the virus is weak, presented in green in the map now broadcast every evening by the Directorate General of Health (DGS).
Religious offices reopened on May 29?
"If the health situation does not deteriorate during the first weeks of lifting of the confinement, the government is ready to study the possibility that the religious services can resume from May 29," announced the former mayor of Le Havre. So far, the government has set a date for June 2.
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“I hear the distress of the believers, deprived of gatherings and celebrations. Many cults have made proposals, to reconcile the course of their meetings with the requirements of physical distancing, "he reported.
"I know that the period from May 29 to June 1 corresponds, for many cults, to festivals or important milestones in the religious calendar," said the head of government. Christians are thus to celebrate Pentecost on Sunday, May 31.
The limit of 20 people at funeral ceremonies remains in effect, the government announced last week. Places of worship are open during confinement.
Deconfinement postponed to Mayotte
In Mayotte, "we have chosen to postpone deconfinement," said the head of government. A "point" will be made on May 14 "to consider the relaxation of confinement and in particular the return to primary school on May 18," he added.
"The prolongation of confinement is the only way to avoid saturation of a hospital system already very stressed by the epidemic of dengue, also fatal for the Mahorais", explained the Prime Minister. Mayotte which "has just gone into phase 3", counts Monday 686 cases, including six people in intensive care, and six deaths.
The police intervened in the night from Saturday to Sunday to disperse a gathering of "murengué" (traditional Mahoran boxing) of nearly 400 people from the districts of Tsoundzou and Doujani in the south of the commune of Mamoudzou. A minor was placed in police custody and nine gendarmes and one police officer were injured, it was learned from a police source.
Edouard Philippe also announced that the bans on arrival in the overseas territories, in place since the beginning of the epidemic, would be maintained "beyond May 11". A progress report will be made "at the beginning of June" on these measures which it has recognized as "very restrictive", and "which weigh in particular on freight capacities".