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Pressure, tension, confusion: behind the scenes of the May 11 battle

2020-04-26T19:17:23.326Z


INVESTIGATION - The deconfinement operation, of extraordinary complexity, puts the executive under pressure like never before. Almost each of the sites gave rise to a hiccup.


Emmanuel Macron thinks out loud. In his office at the Élysée, in front of the handful of advisers who accompany him to manage the coronavirus crisis, the President of the Republic reviews all the options. The French have been confined for almost a month to try to stem the epidemic. We must now give them a perspective, an exit horizon to try to make this confinement at home a little more bearable. You must give a date for the start of the deconfinement. "Deconfining, yes ," explains the head of state. But without lowering your guard or releasing the effort . " For ten days, the president weighs each of the possible dates. None is satisfactory.

“Containment is quite simple, you just have to turn it off. Deconfinement is much more complicated. You have to start everything over by adding strict health constraints, ” explains a member of the first circle. To deconfinate too early is to take the risk

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Source: lefigaro

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