March 1, 2021, Emmanuel Macron inflamed the hearts of the French. While traveling in Seine-Saint-Denis, the President of the Republic answered (in "off") the question of a student who asked him to push back the curfew from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. "We have to hold out for a few more weeks, four to six weeks" then launched the husband of Brigitte Macron. Something to sparkle with the French, who celebrate Tuesday March 16, 2021 the first anniversary of the confinement of March 2020, a return to normal life, a lunch at the restaurant, a drink in a bar, a good movie at the cinema or a play. The Elysee had immediately delayed slightly the words of the President in a press release: "In four to six weeks, we will have vaccinated even more French people, we will have made progress on treatments, which will normally have an impact on the epidemic as has been the case in other countries " could we read.
"It would be reckless"
Because since then, the epidemic has experienced a back up across the country, in particular due to the impact of English variant, more contagious and therefore more deadly than the original strain. So necessarily, Jean Castex was expected at the turn for his first big interview in weeks. The Prime Minister answered questions from BFMTV Tuesday March 16, 2021, and did not escape a questioning of Maxime Switek on this famous exit from the crisis. Two weeks after the exit of the President of the Republic, the message is clearly less optimistic: "The resurgence of the virus, the more harmful effects of the British variant, the vagaries of vaccination, lead me to tell myself that it would be unwise to tell you a date or a deadline tonight"replied the Prime Minister.
Jean Castex did not seem very serene when discussing this possible way out of the crisis … But all the same wanted to show a note of hope a little later by evoking his best memory in Matignon: "The day I could do my weekly press conference and I could tell my fellow citizens'that's it, it's over, you can kiss', there I assure you that I will be a happy Prime Minister"he replies."By 2022, do you think it's possible?"relaunch the journalists."I hope so with all my strength, with all my heart"adds Jean Castex, a big smile on his lips. Hope at the dawn of new restrictive measures, especially for Ile-de-France residents … Or a mau
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