The town hall of Le Touquet on Friday, October 16 transformed the curfew it wanted to establish in the face of the probable "
influx
" of tourists from Paris and Lille into a ban on night gatherings, after a reframing of the prefecture, we learned corroborating sources.
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Following government announcements, notably establishing a curfew in large metropolises from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. (...) the City of Touquet-Paris-Plage is preparing for a larger influx of secondary residents and tourists
" and the municipality "
decided to significantly strengthen health measures
," the town hall said Thursday in a statement posted on social networks.
A curfew was to be introduced from Saturday between midnight and 6 a.m.
A measure finally replaced, Friday, by another a little less rigorous, a ban on all gatherings in the same time slot, which does not prevent leaving home at night.
"
I advised (to the mayor of Touquet, editor's note) to move towards a progressivity of measures, indicating that a decree prohibiting gatherings at night was sufficient, given the epidemic situation in Touquet
", explained to the 'AFP the prefect of Pas-de-Calais, Louis Le Franc.
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The night curfew announced Tuesday by President Macron concerns Paris, its region and eight other metropolises classified on maximum anti-Covid alert, which is not the case for the Pas-de-Calais department.
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This measure will allow me to achieve roughly the same objective, to avoid gatherings at night, as we had this summer,
" said the mayor of Touquet Daniel Fasquelle (LR), saying thus avoid "
a standoff with the prefect
”.
"
If things deteriorate further, we will need a curfew
," however insisted the elected.
