The new rules are tough, the critics also towards Prime Minister Jean Castex who announced Thursday evening a cautious deconfinement for December 15.
Travel certificates are removed, but the reopening of museums, cinemas and theaters postponed for three weeks, "
teleworking will remain the rule
" and a curfew will be applied from 8 p.m. every day, except for the evening. of Christmas.
December 31, which "
concentrates all the ingredients for an epidemic rebound
", will also be subject to curfew, the head of government said.
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La République En Marche unites behind the restrictive measures
Gabriel Attal, the government spokesperson, naturally sought to praise the measures as early as Friday morning.
“
We are at a plateau, a form of stabilization a little on the rise
” of Covid cases, he said.
Regarding places of culture, Gabriel Attal showed his solidarity: "
I hear the dismay of artists who would like to be able to exercise their work and their passion, but there are stages that had been announced, and the reopening of places of culture was conditioned to a certain number of contaminations.
We are not killing culture, we are supporting culture, and today we will continue to support culture, help them survive
”.
The Secretary of State almost seemed to regret the reopening of places of worship in comparison: "
We reopened the churches because we had an injunction from the Council of State saying that we had to let people go to the churches, because it is a constitutional freedom to exercise one's worship.
If we reopened the places of culture, they would have to be closed anyway at 8 pm, even 7 pm, I am not sure that it is profitable for them
”, he observed.
Stanislas Guérini, general delegate of La République En Marche, hailed on France 2 “
responsible and necessary choices, because yes, there is a risk”.
“
Many countries are experiencing a third wave.
Twice our hospitals have failed to hold up,
”he said.
The deputy praised the executive's strategy for the end-of-year holidays: “
The measures must be acceptable.
At Christmas there is an immense need to meet again.
On the other hand, the evening of New Year's Eve [of December 31] ...
”.
Regarding museums, theaters and concert halls, Stanislas Guérini has again shown solidarity with the government: “To
reopen places of culture is to reactivate traffic.
To increase the volume of displacements of the population, it was not reasonable
”.
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Marlène Schiappa, on Sud-Radio, first applauded the prudence of her fellow citizens: “
I observe that the French have respected the barrier measures very well.
Young people and old people too.
I would like to say bravo to them
”.
Asked about the thorny issue of New Year's Eve, the minister also put forward some ideas: "
The French are reinventing themselves with Zoom aperitifs
", "
people are going to party at lunch, etc."
".
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Arnaud Montebourg denounces the "
contemptuous
"
technocracy
Beyond partisan praise, several opponents have attacked government measures.
Arnaud Montebourg, guest of the Radio Classique morning show with
Le Figaro
, returned to government measures, without complacency: “
It's double the penalty.
You have businesses that are dying by the hundreds of thousands, and on the other side, 50,000 dead!
We have been bad, others have been very good, and we claim that we were geniuses,
”he denounced, before saying“ in
solidarity with the protests
”, especially in the field of culture.
More broadly, the former minister described power as structurally confiscated by "
politicians from the administration, the senior civil service and the leaders of large companies
".
Illustrating his point with the health crisis and the measures taken, Arnaud Montebourg concluded that "
the political direction of this country is in the hands of technocrats who know nothing about society and who despise it
".
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Jordan Bardella, vice-president of the National Gathering also criticized the attitude of power and the mode of decision-making in the health crisis.
“
We are paying for very technocratic management.
We set a somewhat arbitrary gauge of 5,000 contaminations on December 15, without really knowing why.
We made many sectors, culture, cinemas, theaters, hope that we could reopen on December 15 to finally say no to them…
”, he reacted, concluding that there was a“
lack of consistency
”in government.
The MP, however, admitted that December 31 was to be restricted.
LR and LFI officials not very responsive to the measures announced
The representatives of the Republican party refrained from too vehement criticism, and did not structure an official response.
Bruno Retailleau, leader of the LR senators, soberly said his "
solidarity with cultural actors silenced
".
Damien Abad, president of the LR deputies, for his part joked about the advice of Olivier Véran not to be necessarily tested by simple acquisition of conscience before family meals: "After the masks that the Government considered"
useless
"and even "
Counterproductive
" in March, it is the tests before Christmas that the Minister of Health considers today as dangerous and counterproductive ... "he thus mocked.
On the left, doubts have also been little shared, La France Insoumise being more concerned about the current bill against separatism.
Alexis Corbière (LFI), denounced the government's choice to leave a margin to the French for Christmas and not for December 31: “
Curfew for the New Year but possibility of celebrating Christmas!
Understand who can!
Long live secularism!
“, He reproached in particular.
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