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Confinement: Castaner indicates that "the French are among those who best respect confinement"

2020-04-06T09:04:20.889Z


The Minister of the Interior said that the French respected "confinement overall" while many commentators deplore a relaxation.


Football world champion, and containment? Asked about France Info Monday April 6, Christophe Castaner wanted to silence the critics on the behavior of the French. Many commentators say that they would be less and less disciplined with the arrival of fine weather. "The 65 million French people generally respect confinement well , " assured the Minister of the Interior, recognizing that there were "perhaps places where we see silly behavior". Concretely, he indicated that "nearly 480,000 tickets " have been drawn up " on 8.2 million checks" since the start of confinement.

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"The risk is relaxation"

Christophe Castaner even wanted to emphasize that "the French are among the whole world those who respect confinement the best" . The Minister of the Interior however wanted to remind the French tempted to go out by the return of the sun that "it is not according to the weather that we decide to go out or not, it is according to a fight " "The risk is relaxation," he agreed. Christophe Castaner also defended his troops from the police. "I am not asking the police and gendarmes to draw up reports but to protect the French by enforcing confinement," he said.

"Closed" incident concerning the prefect Lallement

The Minister of the Interior also returned to the skid of prefect Lallement Friday. The latter had declared that "those who are hospitalized today, those found in intensive care units, are those who, at the beginning of confinement, did not respect it". Acknowledging a "mistake" , he had apologized in the afternoon. On France Info Monday, Christophe Castaner believes that the incident is "closed" and renews his confidence, even if he concedes that his remarks were factually "inaccurate" .

Source: lefigaro

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