These announcements were particularly awaited by the owners of bars and restaurants as well as shops and cultural and sporting places, some closed since October 30.
Even, for others, long before, because of the persistent epidemic of coronavirus.
During the press conference on Thursday, Prime Minister Jean Castex unveiled some elements of the future calendar intended to reopen their establishments.
Shops, cultural activities, sports and terraces will reopen "around mid-May" if the health situation allows, he announced, specifying that their exact list is not yet fixed.
A "territorialized" reopening
"We will have the opportunity to give the necessary details within the next few days", also declared the chief executive.
According to him, these reopenings could be "territorialized".
"From May 3 also, we will be able to remove the constraints of travel during the day", also announced Jean Castex.
The timetable for this third deconfinement therefore continues to unfold.
Already on Wednesday, at the exit of a new Health Defense Council, government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced that travel restrictions as well as daytime certificates would end on May 3.
The catering unions had already pleaded, in a letter sent at the beginning of the month to Matignon, for a phased reopening of these establishments, some of which have hardly been able to function for a year, with, initially, the opening of terraces then inside these places, with a reduced gauge, before a return to normal operation.
Professionals in the world of culture have also been calling for deconfinement for many months by demanding from the government a timetable and a framework to reopen museums, concert halls, cinemas and shows, some closed for a year, with the implementation of a strict health protocol.
