The squares, gardens and parks in Paris will reopen from June 2: this is in any case what the website of the Paris town hall indicated on Thursday, even before the Prime Minister's announcements.
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The mayor of Paris explained that it was " an internal error ". " The parks and gardens are well closed at the moment and we do not know the date of reopening, " she added, while ensuring that " obviously " the statements of Edouard Philippe. On the official website of the capital, it was for example indicated that the Buttes-Chaumont will again be accessible to the public from Tuesday, from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm, as well as the Tuileries, between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde, returned to visitors 24 hours a day from the same date. " The site will be updated ," further promised the mayor of Paris.
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The opening of the parks and gardens of Paris was until then the subject of a bitter battle between the mayor of the capital, Anne Hidalgo, who was in favor of it, and the government who refused it by arguing that Paris was classified " red ". Many voices, including in the majority, had however rallied to the position of the socialist councilor, in particular François Bayrou as well as several doctors.