Controls are being reinforced on the territory.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Sunday an “increase of more than 30%” in controls since Saturday concerning compliance with the curfew at 6 p.m., during a trip to Yvelines to supervise operations law enforcement.
As early as Friday evening, following Jean Castex's speech, Gérald Darmanin had sent a telegram to the prefects asking them to "take without delay all measures likely to ensure very strict compliance with these new rules".
Curfew at 6 pm: according to Gérald Darmanin, there has been an "increase of more than 30% of controls" since this Saturday pic.twitter.com/TAf32huZC2
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Sunday, Gérald Darmanin evoked "particular firm instructions to apply this curfew at 6 p.m. and also to fight against stores that open with gauges too different from those requested by the government, namely 8m² per person" .
The minister spoke from the Buchelay toll gate, on the A13, where checks, carried out by police and gendarmes, caused major traffic jams in the direction of Paris province.
400 establishments fined
According to the Minister of the Interior, “this resulted yesterday (Saturday) by an increase of more than 30% of controls, it will also be the case this (Sunday) evening and in the days to come.
So the French should know that after 6 pm, they have a great chance of being checked and therefore fined ”.
Saturday, there were, according to Gerald Darmanin, “65,000 checks that were carried out for 6,000 verbalizations”, as well as “almost 400 establishments fined for gauges that were not kept sanitary”.
"The counterpart of not doing confinement despite the health difficulties we are experiencing is the Prime Minister's request to be able to be very strict on the rules, in particular the curfew", he said. recalled.
For the Minister of the Interior, “being able to check these certificates is really a priority that (he) gave to the prefects, the gendarmes and the police.
In this very particular period of the health crisis, we can clearly see that it is a race against time to prevent the spread of this virus, ”he continued.
