The cacophony continues at the top of the state.
While on Tuesday the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron announced, during his speech, the modalities of the future deconfinement - modalities then specified and refined Thursday by his Prime Minister Jean Castex -, Roxana Maracineanu decided to see things differently.
Thus, while traveling to Toulouse, the Minister Delegate for Sports met the President of Stade Toulousain, Didier Lacroix, and the latter was obviously able to be convincing concerning an imminent return of the public to the stadiums.
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As a reminder, Jean Castex had affirmed that the end of the closed session in the sports grounds was not envisaged before January 20, 2021, according to the evolution of the health situation.
A change of dogma was also announced at the head of state, with the end of the gauges set at 1,000 or 5,000 spectators regardless of the capacity of the stadium or the hall.
From now on, a more pragmatic limit would be introduced, calculated according to the reception capacity of the place.
Last Tuesday, the Elysee Palace had communicated on a few examples, such as the Stade France and a possible gauge of 10%, which would accommodate 8,000 spectators.
A percentage that is only an example, no final decision having been taken.
“When you are a spectator, when you wear a mask, when you have a seat or two away from your neighbor in large enclosures, it may be possible to come and support our athletes during the Christmas holidays and New Year."
Roxana maracineanu
The plan therefore seemed fixed.
Until the media release of Roxana Maracineanu a few hours after the intervention of Jean Castex.
"I heard the request of these very responsible sports players, who worked on protocols, which they came to present in the prefecture, which they have already had the opportunity to experiment," declared the Minister Delegate. .
They are ready, today, to open on December 15th.
It is this word that I will bring to the Prime Minister, the President of the Republic for a reopening also, in the external environment, of this gauge to the public on December 15.
When you are a spectator, when you wear a mask, when you have a seat or two away from your neighbor in large enclosures, it may be possible to come and support our athletes, our high-level athletes, during Christmas and New Year holidays. ”
In other words, the former swimming champion has decided to go on a crusade to allow professional clubs to welcome the public again within a fortnight, and not in a month and a half at best.
With a strong argument, launched by Didier Lacroix in the columns of La Dépêche: “We obviously do not want to oppose the reopening of theaters, museums and other cinemas, on the contrary, we are delighted for them.
But if the Louvre can accommodate up to 40,000 visitors during the holidays, we must be able to imagine relative gauges in our stadiums with one seat in two, out of three.
This is what we want to highlight. ”
It remains to be seen whether this argument will be heard from Matignon's side, which seems, at present, very unlikely.
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