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"We have deconfined a little too much": Castex is preparing a new more "progressive" way out of the crisis

2020-11-18T09:12:31.619Z


In front of the deputies, the Prime Minister rejected Tuesday any policy of "stop and go", warning that restrictions "will continue". After confinement, he hopes to be able to give the French a "perspective" until "next summer".


A long exercise of conviction and a few

mea culpa

.

Prime Minister Jean Castex defended his management of the health crisis on Tuesday for more than three hours, while acknowledging some shortcomings in his record, in front of deputies from all sides constituted as a commission of inquiry.

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"

Maybe we have deconfined a little too much

" from May, admitted the former "Mr.

Deconfinement ”of the executive, architect of the reconfinement of the population facing the second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic

.

Between May and October,

"perhaps also that the French people believed that this epidemic was behind us, and that the barrier gestures were not respected with sufficient zeal

", he continued, at the National Assembly.

"Avoid

stop and go

"

Treating a posture of humility like his predecessor Édouard Philippe, auditioned in October, he recognized

"difficulties", "in September"

, related to the waiting time for test results.

He also admitted that

"it was extremely difficult to anticipate the brutal pandemic acceleration"

of October.

But the possibility of a second wave and of a reconfinement was

"planned, anticipated"

, he affirmed, repeating on several occasions not ceasing to refer to the

scientific

"literature"

.

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Anxious to

"draw conclusions" from the management of the first wave

, the head of government denied any

"delay"

in the implementation of the re-containment and warned that restrictive measures

"will continue"

.

"The next phase will not be a return to anteconfinement"

but will be

"progressive"

, he warned.

Objective:

"to give the maximum visibility"

to the French by

"(avoiding) the stop and go"

, these

"jolts"

between periods of strong restrictions and those without restrictions.

"Long-term management"

Outlining a

“long-term management”

that Emmanuel Macron should detail next week on television, the Prime Minister said he wanted to open, after this new confinement, a

“perspective”

until

“next summer at least”

.

"If the vaccines produce all their effects, that there is no difficulty and that we are rid of this matter, I will be the happiest,"

he hoped, smiling behind his mask. .

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Until this end of the crisis, we must not

“lower our guard”

despite the slight improvement in the health situation - a

“reason for hope”

- insisted Jean Castex, calling for the mask to be worn wherever

it is needed

. is possible, including at home, even if

"one has the impression that Mr. Virus does not penetrate there"

.

The elected representative of Prades (Pyrénées-Orientales), however, said he was sensitive to the

“acceptability”

of the restrictive measures currently in force.

“The more time passes, the more difficult it is to accept and endure for the social body.

It's perfectly human, ”

he admitted.

Reopening of shops "around" December 1st

The Prime Minister indulged in this same demonstration of empathy towards private traders -

"I know that it is difficult"

-, by affirming

"to assume"

the

"choice"

to close certain "non-essential" departments. "In supermarkets, in the name of

" fairness "

with small businesses and the

" limitation "

of

" interactions "

.

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While the Minister of the Economy pleads for a reopening of "non-essential" businesses on November 27 rather than December 1, the Prime Minister did not rule out such a measure at the end of November: he mentioned a deadline

"around"

December 1, if the improvement in the health situation is confirmed.

Be careful not to specify a date.

Source: lefigaro

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