The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

A confinement of Paris alone would be "ineffective", judges deputy mayor David Belliard

2021-03-01T11:08:06.230Z


We must take “ stronger measures ” against the Covid-19 in Île-de-France but confinement of Paris alone would be “ ineffective ”, estimated on Monday the deputy EELV at the town hall of the capital David Belliard, while pleading to reopen cultural venues. Read also: Covid-19: Pécresse says he wants to “do everything to avoid re-containment” in Île-de-France Possible new restrictive measures in P


We must take “

stronger measures

” against the Covid-19 in Île-de-France but confinement of Paris alone would be “

ineffective

”, estimated on Monday the deputy EELV at the town hall of the capital David Belliard, while pleading to reopen cultural venues.

Read also: Covid-19: Pécresse says he wants to “do everything to avoid re-containment” in Île-de-France

Possible new restrictive measures in Paris and Île-de-France will be at the heart of separate meetings Monday afternoon, the mayor of Paris and the Region each meeting on their side with the prefectural and health authorities.

For David Belliard, any containment decision must be "

a government decision

" because it is "

a very serious decision which also deserves a lot of consultation

".

"

It is not for the government, for the State to decide on its own, but it is not for Paris to decide on its own either

", without the elected representatives of Ile-de-France, he said on RFI.

These remarks come as the "

hypothesis

" formulated Thursday by the first deputy mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, to reconfine the capital for three weeks to "

have the prospect of reopening everything

" at its end has aroused strong criticism in the municipal opposition as in the government, Prime Minister Jean Castex evoking "

nonsense

".

Recognizing in this episode "a

lot of clumsiness in communication

", David Belliard judged that "

confinement in Paris would obviously be ineffective, misunderstood (...), not possible, especially not desirable

".

"On the

other hand

" the "

bad

" epidemic dynamic in Ile-de-France, especially in Paris, "

undoubtedly

"

calls

for "

stronger measures

".

Read also: A three-week confinement in Paris?

"Nonsense", tackle Jean Castex

According to him, the curfew, generator of “

suffering

”, is “

not effective since the dynamics of the epidemic are on the rise

”.

The elected Parisian, however, pleaded for "

learning to live with the virus

": it is necessary according to him "to

widen the essential goods and in particular to open the cultural places, but also the sports places as one does with the bookstores

".

Asked about the images of crowds massed on the banks of the Seine on Sunday to take advantage of the good weather, David Belliard estimated that "

there were probably too many people

" but that "

Parisians need to get some fresh air

".

They “

generally respect the sanitary rules

” and that “

did not require this deployment of the police force which was massive

”, he adds.

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2021-03-01

You may like

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-28T06:04:53.137Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.