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Coronavirus: sanctions strengthened for non-compliance with confinement

2020-03-22T18:24:20.751Z


Many recalcitrants were verbalized this weekend. The fines are now 1,500 euros in the event of a repeat offense.


On the sixth day of confinement, its compliance remains very uncertain in France. Walkers in the Bois de Boulogne, bathers in La Baule, housewives too close to each other on markets, and even four young people without a certificate in a car, victims of a road accident in Yonne ... Many recalcitrant were verbalized again this weekend. According to figures announced by the Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, this Saturday, 900,000 checks have been carried out since Tuesday and 39,994 people have been fined for non-compliance with the confinement rules.

In the single day of Saturday, police and gendarmes verbalized nearly 200 individuals who did not comply with the instructions, said the prefecture of Saône-et-Loire. A person, checked several times while driving without a travel certificate, was placed in police custody in Chalon-sur-Saône for "endangering the life of others" , reports France 3. Near Béthune, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, a 20-year-old youth was even sentenced, in immediate appearance, to six months in prison for having left without certificate in the middle of the night, for having insulted the police and shot after them, details La Voice of the North .

The police are also contacted by residents who report that parties are held in apartments

Emmanuel Barbe, prefect of police of Bouches-du-Rhône

In Marseille, it is now "zero tolerance" . Since Wednesday, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, the police and gendarmerie services have identified 2,902 offenses, including ten for illegal opening of commerce. More than 1000 fines were distributed this Sunday alone. " A small couple, who was this Saturday in the creeks in violation of a prohibition order to go to these places, has been fined , tells the Figaro the prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône police, Emmanuel Barbe. Each will have to pay 270 euros in fines. The police are also contacted by residents who report that parties are held in apartments. ”

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Certain places are particularly watched: thus the surroundings of the flea market, where "populations coming from Eastern Europe gather to sell what they found in the trash cans ," he continues. The police are dispersing them. ” Authorities everywhere have decided to be much firmer. The traffic restrictions will be applied "even more strictly , " warned Christophe Castaner, with checks at stations and airports.

Many elected officials impose a curfew

In the night from Saturday to Sunday, the National Assembly tightened the sanctions in the event of a violation of the rules: the 135 euros lump sum fine will thus increase to 1,500 euros in the event of recidivism "within 15 days" and "four violations in the thirty days ” may be worth “ 3700 euros fine and a maximum of six months in prison ” .

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Many local elected officials have also imposed a curfew, as in Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes), Béziers (Hérault), Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) or Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine). Sunday, the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes took a decree imposing the same measure in all the municipalities of the coast of the department and in all the other cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants. In Montpellier, the town hall also ordered the closure of food markets and reserved public transport for working users. In Paris, mayor Anne Hidalgo called, in an interview with Parisien Dimanche , to "go towards a much more severe confinement" . While defending the outdoor food markets, but with "drastic measures" .

Source: lefigaro

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