The first deputy mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, ruled this Sunday, March 7 on
France Info
that the evacuation of the crowd on the banks of the Seine by the police on Saturday was "
was a little abrupt
".
He indicated that the town hall would "
discuss it with the police headquarters
".
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If it is “
normal
” that the police “
carry out dispersions, do pedagogy
”, “
people outside are infinitely less in danger than when they are inside
”, he defended, while recalling that the town hall is "
in accordance with the anti-alcohol decrees proposed by the prefect
".
He also called on the government to “
confirm
” the acceleration of the weekend's Covid-19 vaccination campaign, which “is
not enough
” to make up the “
delay
”.
He said he was "
completely satisfied
" with the accelerator given by the government over the weekend, but "that is not enough: 11,000 doses for Paris, 12,000 by integrating a fire department, that represents 6% eligible over 75 years ”in the capital, he stressed.
While 6,500 doses were administered on Saturday, he hoped that “
this acceleration effort will be confirmed and not just be an exceptional opportunity
”.
Across the Ile-de-France region, more than 100 vaccination centers were opened this weekend to sell more than 50,000 doses.
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But "
we are very far from the objectives, from what was announced by the Prime Minister during the presentation of the vaccine strategy, we were talking about 15 million vaccinated at the end of March (throughout France, Editor's note), we are in delay
”, recalled Emmanuel Grégoire The government is now targeting 10 million first injections in mid-April, 20 million in mid-May and 30 million this summer.
Currently, less than 3.4 million French people have received at least one dose.