It is therefore this Thursday, May 7 that "we stop the counters," summed up a minister. Concrete materialization: the map of the departments will be frozen in red and green zones, indicators of the health situation of the territories with regard to the Covid-19, and of the rules which they will have to observe. This May 7 would be, many hammered it, even more crucial than the 11. Because "it is the moment of the last verifications before confirming to the French that the deconfinement process will start well on Monday", explains the Elysée.
As a sign that we are entering a “governmental, operational phase”, after the numerous speeches by Emmanuel Macron at the start of the week, it is the Prime Minister who will be at the helm since Matignon. At 4 p.m., Edouard Philippe should, unless there is a huge surprise, confirm the start of a new stage. It remains to be seen, said those around him, "if, in certain places, the figures are good enough for us to be able to advance at the planned speed". This Wednesday evening, the Sarthe switched to green. The circulation of the virus has also decreased in the Loir-et-Cher, the Yonne and the territory of Belfort.
We should not expect a return to normal, however. At the Elysée, we hammered that the deconfinement "will be done in stages, with careful monitoring and a first feedback in late May to verify that the next phases can be started". In the Senate, this Wednesday, Jean Castex, responsible for coordinating operations for the government, called for caution. To avoid any relaxation in behavior, he thus mentioned the preparation of "a possible reconfiguration plan". The French are warned!
"People must have instructions on Monday"
If the decline of the epidemic is clearly confirmed in France (the suspicion of Covid-19 only represented this Wednesday only 5% of the activity of the emergency and SOS Doctors), no one can yet predict how the virus will circulate in the coming weeks. All sectors of activity and all political edges combined, some are alarmed by an early deconfinement. The choice is nevertheless assumed by the executive. “Confinement is the absence of freedom with a social, economic and educational impact. We can't go on like this, ”says Matignon.
We will therefore have to "learn to live with the virus", in the fashionable formula at the top of the state. And soak up "the culture of prevention", supports a close friend of Philippe, aware that for this, "it is necessary that on Monday, people have instructions for use".
"Everything will not be settled to the millimeter"
Except that clarity has not always been required, far from it. Many points remain thorny, starting with the question of public transport or the gradual return to school. "Everything will not be settled to the millimeter Monday morning at 9 am sharp in the classes, assumes the Minister of Relations with Parliament, Marc Fesneau. In a crisis of this kind, those who like everything to be absolutely Cartesian, I would rather advise them to go and live on another planet. "
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In the ministries, the arbitration meetings were chained until the last moment, before the Defense Council and the Council of Ministers scheduled for Thursday morning. "It's non-stop," says an advisor. You have to clear, make sure there are no blind spots. A series of technical details, ranging from the verbalization for not wearing a mask in transport to the rules on the practice of sport. Details are also awaited on the 100 km rule to have the right to move.
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In short, summarizes the entourage of the Prime Minister, "we are on the launching pad and Thursday is verification before sending. »With a ban on missing.