It was March 1st.
Emmanuel Macron begged the French to "hold out for another four to six weeks", before tasting the beginnings of an easing.
On March 18, he decreed a new confinement of "at least four weeks".
The Head of State let the prospect of an exit from the tunnel;
Here he is obliged to announce the entry into a new tunnel.
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Was he wrong?
Was he deceived?
Let us thank the President of the Republic for having hoped until the end to find a real third way to break the epidemic curve without breaking the morale of the 20 million French people concerned, nor the existence of a few tens of thousands of additional traders.
His bet failed.
And fatality
is not the only cause.
Twice in a week, Emmanuel Macron had to give in.
First, the precautionary principle, which led him to suspend the AstraZeneca vaccination for four precious days.
To the situation of resuscitation services in Île-de-France, then, which made it switch from
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