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Trains for Christmas.
While the government is now suggesting to the French, thanks to an improvement on the epidemic front, that they could no longer be confined for the end of year celebrations, the SNCF is preparing for deconfinement and Christmas holiday rush.
Asked about BFMTV, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, the Minister Delegate in charge of Transport, explained that “as of today, 100% of trains are open for reservation” for the end of the year school holidays.
"The health situation is fragile [...] but we are getting ready to go so as not to be caught off guard," he explained.
These tickets will be refundable and exchangeable free of charge until the last day.
A little earlier this morning, Olivier Véran had told him that the government wanted "to allow the French to spend the Christmas holidays [...] with the family", even if he could not guarantee it.
“We will have to be very careful, notably warned the Minister of Health.
This means that we keep the barrier gestures ”.
What to also remember
A Christmas without Amazon?
Accused of taking advantage of the confinement to the detriment of small businesses, Amazon is targeted by associations and elected officials calling on the French not to buy their gifts for the holidays on the platform.
Here is their petition that we are revealing today and the real / false that we are dedicating to the American business.
Evacuation of a camp in Seine-Saint-Denis.
A vast evacuation and sheltering operation took place this morning in Saint-Denis.
Since August, more than 2,000 migrants have gradually settled under the viaduct of the A1 motorway and towards the pedestrian bridge leading to the Stade de France.
In five years, this is the 66th operation in the department.
Christmas trees.
This was one of the questions that arose in recent days due to the closure of so-called non-essential shops and departments.
It's now official: the sale of Christmas trees will be possible from Friday.
The purchase will have to be done outside and it will not be necessary to order in advance.
The unexpected info
The return of the beaver to the Camargue!
Disappeared for decades, a beaver was observed this fall in the Camargue delta, more precisely on the protected site of the Grandes Cabanes du Vaccarès Sud (Bouches-du-Rhône), in the Camargue park.
This is "a good sign for the species, which is in a good dynamic", explains Claire Tetrel, curator of the field, who recalls that no beaver had been observed in this area for 40 years.
Sylvain Richier / ONCFS beaver network
“We saw traces on the site of the Grandes Cabanes in several places and we managed to take a picture of it thanks to a photo trap, but not yet to see it,” explains Claire Tetrel.
A semi-aquatic species, the beaver arrived in this place from an arm of the Rhône where the species is present, "via the site's irrigation canal," said the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB). in a press release.
Almost disappeared at the beginning of the 19th century due to the intensive hunting of which it was the object, the beaver survived only in Gard, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône.
"He then recolonized all of France by going up the Rhône", according to Claire Tetrel, as well as "thanks to reintroduction operations".