Covid-19: consultations, defense council, press conference ... The executive prepares its announcements

Consultations are continuing.

Pending any restrictions that will be announced Thursday, during the traditional government press conference, the executive continues to closely analyze the epidemic situation in the country.

Objective: to try to calibrate the perimeter of the Covid-19 fight system as best as possible, while the circulation of the virus has experienced a very strong acceleration in certain territories in recent weeks.

During his last speech, last Thursday, Jean Castex indeed indicated that twenty departments * had been placed in "reinforced surveillance".

The Prime Minister therefore launched a series of local consultations there, inviting the political and health authorities to sit around the table to bring about a consensus around “

”.

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In Île-de-France, the president (ex-LR) of the region, Valérie Pécresse, explained that she wished "to

", but she specified that she would not "

”To scenarios that would be“

”.

A constructive position, against the mayor (PS) of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who has tripped up.

After unilaterally calling for strict confinement for three weeks, the city councilor of the capital finally backpedaled ... To the point of now closing the door to the Nice or Dunkirk scheme, believing that the curfew during the week accompanied by confinement on weekend was a “

”

option

.

Anyway, a new Health Defense Council is scheduled this Wednesday morning at the Elysee.

According to our information, the card that will be presented to Emmanuel Macron could have changed compared to last week.

Some of the departments that had changed to red could have returned to orange - or even green -, and would therefore no longer be affected by the hardening that threatened them.

Conversely, territories that had not been mentioned at the time could appear in the list of areas to be monitored.

This would mean that a new round of consultation would open there, with a view to tightening by the weekend of March 13.

Finally, in the departments where the situation has not improved, it will be up to the President of the Republic and his Prime Minister to propose the appropriate tightening: they will have to take into account both the epidemiological, hospital and vaccine data of a aside, but also integrate the conclusions of the discussions that were held this week.

“

”we demine in the entourage of Jean Castex.

Although the tendency is not yet to relax, the priority of the executive is now to set a horizon for exiting the crisis.

This is why, on the sidelines of a trip to Stains (Seine-Saint-Denis) on Monday, Emmanuel Macron called for a further “

” before a possible easing of restrictions.

"

", for his part warned the Prime Minister during an LREM group meeting.

Before ensuring that "

".

At his last press conference, Jean Castex had established "

" as a

credible

"

" for

crisis.

A period, while waiting to be able to give a date.

* Île-de-France (Paris, Yvelines, Essonne, Val-d'Oise, Val-de-Marne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis);

North;

Pas-de-Calais;

Oise;

Sum;

Bouches-du-Rhône;

Var;

Alpes-Maritimes ;

Rhône;

Drome;

Moselle;

Meurthe-et-Moselle;

Eure-et-Loir.