The debate on the wearing of the compulsory mask on the public highway is relaunched in favor of the deconfinement to come. First mentioned by Christian Estrosi in Nice and Philippe Laurent in Sceaux (Hauts-de-Seine), the idea is brought up to date this Thursday by the mayors of Lyon and Paris.
"From May 11, it will be an obligation to wear masks (...) Today, there is no offense which is characterized, but I think that in the next times, the government will take a a certain number of measures, ” declared LREM mayor of Lyon, Gérard Collomb, on France Info, the day after a videoconference with the Prime Minister. The former Minister of the Interior, who ordered 1.5 million masks for the general public, did not discuss the hypothesis of a municipal decree to impose their use. And for good reason: his counterpart of Sceaux, who had done so, was contradicted in mid-April by the Council of State.
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For the time being, the government has only mentioned the compulsory use of the mask in public transport. But "if we want to avoid having a rebound in the epidemic at the end of May or at the beginning of June , we must have masks in public space" , hammered Gérard Collomb. “This is what has worked in Asian countries. This is what is succeeding today in a certain number of Nordic countries where people wear masks, ” recalled the mayor of the capital of Gaul.
"Extremely beneficial"
An opinion shared by Anne Hidalgo. “Wearing a mask in public spaces, on the street is extremely beneficial. It is a protective tool, absolutely essential. I invite Parisians to wear it because with a mask, you protect yourself and others, ” said the Socialist Mayor of Paris, AFP, who ordered 2.2 million masks.
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Questioned Thursday on the sidelines of the visit to a mask factory, the Secretary of State at Bercy, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, deemed it "legitimate" that mayors "speak out". While insisting on BFMTV: "It is the Ministry of Health which defines the health framework in which we must act" . " In Paris, I think that in contexts of large gathering, it is recommendable but not in a street less crowded for example ", observed on Public Senate Stanislas Guerini, the delegate general of the Republic on the march and deputy of the capital .