The Parisian department stores, Galeries Lafayette and Printemps in the first place, are closed to the public until July 10, in application of the government decision preventing shopping centers of more than 40,000 square meters from reopening in Île-de-France, announced Wednesday the Paris police headquarters.
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Other decrees in the same direction were taken concerning other shopping centers in Paris and its region: Aéroville, Beaugrenelle, Forum des Halles and Italy 2. The date of July 10 also corresponds to the extension of the state health emergency, voted by Parliament last week.
On May 7, after Prime Minister Edouard Philippe's speech specifying the terms of the deconfinement, the Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire had specified that shopping centers of more than 40,000 square meters in France, the reopening of which was uncertain, could reopen May 11 " in agreement with the prefects, except in Île-de-France " due to persistent health risks. The Paris region is classified as “ red ” for the risks linked to the Covid-19 epidemic.
An opening that could only "promote the spread of the virus"
In its decrees, the prefecture of police considers that, in view of these measures, the opening of Printemps and Galeries Lafayette, both located on Boulevard Haussmann and its surroundings, " could only, in the current situation, promote the spread of Covid-19 virus and therefore endanger the life of the population ”.
In a press release, the UNSA du Printemps union, while taking note of these orders for the two brands, said "to be worried about the consequences of this measure for employment in small and medium-sized commercial enterprises, for which Department Stores Boulevard Haussmann are an essential vector for their development . ”
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" As of tomorrow, UNSA-Printemps will enter into national negotiations with Printemps management and the social partners, of the CGC and CGT, to set up local Covid-19 commissions ", responsible for " ensuring the deployment and compliance with the health measures presented in the ESCs and develop "preventive measures and practices according to the evolution of the epidemic," so as to adapt them to the circumstances .
