Gabriel Attal announced this Friday, January 14 that a new decree will be "
soon
" filed by the Ministry of the Interior concerning the wearing of a mask outdoors in Paris.
The government spokesperson clarified that this new version will "
define more precisely the conditions under which the mask must be worn outdoors
".
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This announcement follows the suspension Thursday by the administrative court of Paris of a prefectural decree which made it compulsory to wear a mask outdoors in the French capital since December 31, 2021. In its order, the court considers that this rule “
does not does not meet the requirements of strict proportion to the health risks incurred prescribed in IV of article 1 of the law of May 31, 2021
”.
On Wednesday, the administrative court of Versailles had suspended a similar decree in the Yvelines, considering that the measure carried "
an excessive, disproportionate and inappropriate attack (...) on individual freedom
".
“Define things more finely”
“
What motivated the decision (of the administrative court of Paris) is to say that the obligation to wear a mask was too general in a territory and that it was necessary to define things more finely
”
,
commented Gabriel Attal.
.
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Traveling to Seine-Saint-Denis, the latter reaffirmed the government's desire to "
keep schools open
".
“
Schools that close is a country that lowers the curtain
,” said the spokesperson.
He also welcomed the means implemented to screen the French.
"
Over a week, every day nearly 1.7 million tests are carried out on average per day, with a record of 12 million weekly tests
," said Gabriel Attal.
