It is "a curfew that does not say its name" for someone close to Valérie Pécresse, the LR presidential candidate and president of the Île-de-France region.
The prefectures of the Île-de-France region, as well as the Paris Police Prefecture, for the most part announced on Wednesday the closure of bars from 2 a.m. on New Year's Eve, in order to allow the party to party. despite the spread of Covid-19 and its variant Omicron.
A measure to which is added the return of the wearing of the compulsory mask outside in several departments, including Paris.
“Shutting down bars and restaurants at 2 am, it's a curfew that doesn't speak its name.
An unprepared measure that the government does not seem to assume ”, tackles a close friend of Valérie Pécresse.
The words are chosen with care while the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, was delighted Monday to be able to "rule out any curfew measure", wanting to favor "common sense measures which trust our sense of responsibility".
"At least I won't make a sleepless night"
The situation is all the more complicated in the Region as Île-de-France Mobilités, of which Valérie Pécresse is the president, had planned to run the subways all night. “If we stop the subways and RERs at a late hour, it risks creating congestion. And there is an obvious question of road safety. Maintaining a transport offer on the night of the 31st allows users not to use their car during a risky evening, ”asserts this relative.
“Well, at least I'm fixed,” sighs Grégory Millot, the owner of the Moulin de la Galette in the 18th century.
The restorer is relieved of a burden.
Of course, the inability to open his establishment all night saddens him, but he explains that he anticipated worse because of the fifth wave.
"If it was to close at 10 pm it was not even worth opening," he reacts.
In anticipation of this tightening of the screws, the owner of the restaurant had his traditional New Year's dance night canceled. “At least I will not do a sleepless night, to welcome 2022 firmly!
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