“
They prevent access for children and families.
It's lousy
”, rebelled Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, while anti-
tax
demonstrators
wanted to force entry to the Christmas market subject to the health pass.
It had to closed temporarily before controls were tightened.
As Olivier Véran announced on November 24, "
the Christmas markets, due to their festive dimension, are subject to the sanitary pass while the sanitary pass is not required in other markets, which are open and covered
".
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Since the cancellations follow one another.
And for good reason, the measures are a real organizational headache: a Covid referent must be appointed, the mask is mandatory beyond eleven years and "
the establishment of the market can be extended in order to better separate shops and stalls
" , specifies the document from the Ministry of the Economy.
In addition, he recommends "to
check the wearing of the mask when it is compulsory and to make sure that it covers the nose, mouth and chin well, to make hydroalcoholic gel available to each client
" but also to sign a single direction of traffic.
"
A real heartbreak
"
"
Better not to take risks, even if it is heartbreaking to dismantle the decorations already installed
", confides Jean-Pierre Bueno, president of the Terrasson (Dordogne) festival committee, whose singing voice lets out some tremolos . In the department, several communes followed his example, "
and the firefighters even canceled the Sainte-Barbe
". In Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres (Gard), Mayor Sylvie Barrieu-Vignal announced "
with great sadness
" to resolve "
to take this measure which deprives the population of a moment of sharing and conviviality
". In question: "
the health data
(which)
show a very strong epidemic resumption in Occitania and it would be irresponsible to expose the population to an obvious risk of contamination, not being able to contain the obvious crowds during this kind of event
”.
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Same story in Buzancais in Indre where the concert, like the luminous parade and the fireworks are canceled. The north of the Loire is not spared by these cancellations. As in Lannion, where the citizen council of Ker Uhel was to organize its first Christmas market. "
The obligation to present, for access to the Christmas market even located outside, a health pass or a negative test certificate dating no later than 24 hours, which therefore also implies the obligation to surround the entire market, therefore a good part of the space to prohibit access, does not make it possible, humanly and logistically, their application for the volunteers that we are
”. The arrival of Father Christmas, in Hottviller (Meuse) "
on the village square cannot take place this year.
», Just like the presentation of artisanal products.
In Strasbourg, for the oldest French Christmas market, the health pass will also be mandatory as hospitalizations increase.
A mayor, on condition of anonymity, worries “
will we have a Christmas market this year?
".
