The mayors and presidents of metropolitan areas of Paris, Lyon, Lille and Grenoble have an appointment Thursday morning with Jean Castex to discuss “
possible adaptations
” of the restriction measures due to the Covid-19 epidemic, announced on Wednesday 30 September Matignon.
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The mayor of Marseille Michèle Rubirola, recovering after an operation, for his part spoke Wednesday afternoon with the Prime Minister by telephone, the same source said.
The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo will be the first received Thursday morning (at 8:15 am) in Matignon, at the opening of a day which must end with an intervention by the Minister of Health Olivier Véran which could end in a new turn of the screw.
The mayor of Lyon Grégory Doucet and the president of the metropolis Bruno Bernard are expected rue de Varenne around 9:30 am, before Martine Aubry and Damien Castelain (town hall and metropolis of Lille) at 10:30 am.
The mayor of Grenoble Eric Piolle and the president of the metropolis Christophe Ferrari must, them, exchange by phone at 11:45 with Jean Castex.
The mayors will be accompanied for these meetings by the directors general of the regional health agencies and the prefects of the departments.
"Consultation with elected officials"
The objective is to initiate "
consultation with elected officials, to assess the binding measures
" which have already been put in place in these cities "
and to discuss possible adaptations, reinforcement measures if the indicators were to evolve unfavorably
" , we said in the entourage of the Prime Minister.
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But, we know from the same source, this does not necessarily foreshadow "
a threshold shift
" accompanied by new restrictions announced Thursday.
The executive is thus seeking to respond to the lawsuit heard last week by elected officials from Marseille, which is against the decision to close bars and restaurants in the Aix-Marseille metropolis.
They had denounced the unilateral decisions of the government and shouted at the "
lack of consultation
".
Already placed in a reinforced alert zone, with in particular the closure of bars from 10 p.m. and certain sporting activities, which sounded as a first reminder of confinement, Paris has reached the theoretical criteria to switch to the maximum alert zone.
