In mid-October 2020, Ile-de-France residents and the inhabitants of eight large metropolises discovered the curfew.
It was then announced for six weeks.
Then extended to the whole territory, it will have lasted - in different forms - until the last hours of spring.
From this Sunday, the measure finally disappears.
Everyone will be free to move around again after 11 p.m.
Bars and restaurants may close later.
Cinemas will again be able to offer 22-hour screenings.
The night owls will be out, even if the reopening of nightclubs will not take place before July, according to Olivier Véran.
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On June 9, the curfew was moved back from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. According to the "deconfinement" schedule, it should have been maintained until June 30. But in front of the improvement of health indicators, Jean Castex announced Wednesday its elimination, at the same time as that of the obligation to wear the mask outside. All of the metropolitan departments now have an incidence rate of less than 50, falling below the alert threshold.
The controversy at Roland Garros, which saw spectators obtain a dispensation directly from Matignon, and the "tolerance" promised to supporters of the France team for the Euro match nights will have contributed to weakening the measure . “
The curfew in Nice, honestly, is hardly ever respected. [...] On the Prom ', there are always people, whether it is at midnight or at 1 o'clock ”
explained this week to
Figaro,
Emilie, 24 years old. In addition, the curfew would undoubtedly have been complicated to enforce Monday, the evening of the music festival. Although street concerts will not be allowed, concerts are still possible in bars and restaurants.