Closed since April 3 nationally, non-essential businesses are allowed to reopen their doors, with a limit of one customer per 8 m².
Among them, the Galeries Lafayette, which welcomed their morning customers with applause and a guard of honor.
A new step in deconfinement, which also allows the reopening of café terraces, cinemas and museums.
In the Montmartre district in Paris, some regulars were there from the opening.
“I have already had 3 customers who came to drink their coffees, it feels good!” Says Pascal, manager of the Le Saint Jean brewery.
Cyril and Jérémy, who work in the neighborhood, go back to their ways: “4 coffees please!”.
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Closed since October 30, 2020, cafes and restaurants are again authorized to serve their customers, but outdoors, with good ventilation and around tables of up to six people. A "little moment of rediscovered freedom" staged in front of the television cameras by Emmanuel Macron and his Prime Minister Jean Castex, in a street near the Elysee Palace.