France gradually lifted the ban on December 15, but with great caution

The French Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Health Minister held a joint press conference on the 10th to announce the gradual lifting of the ban before Christmas. From December 15, people no longer need to fill out a “travel certificate” to go out, except for the Overseas Departments, the mainland 15 from the previous ban on foot to curfew. The curfew time has also been changed from 21:00 to 20:00. Cinemas, theaters and museums are not allowed to open and will have to wait another 3 weeks until January 7, 2021 at their discretion. And those who have already booked tickets to spend Christmas with friends and family will continue to travel by train. The head of the French National Railways has said that passengers who take the train from 15 onwards are not classified as curfew violators.

France two “ban” two “open”. The second gradual lifting of the ban to learn the lessons of the last time, the use of 20 o’clock curfew to limit everyone’s nightlife. Curfew includes the night of December 31 to welcome the new year “New Year’s Eve.

When announcing the second curfew, the French president had said that the number of confirmed cases should be limited to 5,000 per day when the curfew was lifted. Based on this week, this goal is far from being achieved. In the past 24 hours, the number of confirmed cases in a single day has reached nearly 14,000.

French Interior Minister Darmanin said at a press conference that police presence would be stepped up to check for violators during the Dec. 31 curfew. Opposition party Opel (Julien Aubert ) ridiculed the current government’s implementation of utopian internal affairs.

Aubert said, how can the monitoring measures be implemented? He wryly said: Good luck to the police on December 31!

Marc-Olivier Sebbag, general representative of the French Federation of Cinemas, expressed his anger at the government for not opening the ban. He told the media that we are both angry and frustrated!

According to the latest French poll, 36% of the population expressed confidence in the government’s fight against the epidemic. This rate is 12 percentage points less than two weeks ago.