The timetable for lifting the restrictions announced by Jean Castex will be “held”, assured the government spokesperson.
Good news for club owners and anyone who likes to go to nightclubs. The latter will reopen on February 16, said Gabriel Attal on Wednesday, confirming the timetable for lifting the restrictions announced by Jean Castex on January 20.
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“We are keeping to the dates of the reopening calendar announced by the Prime Minister to the French. There is an important first step today. There is a second stage, which concerns discotheques but also a certain number of rules which applied in bars, which will be held at 16“said the government spokesman during a press briefing at the end of the Council of Ministers.
This Wednesday, certain restrictions are indeed lifted. Wearing a mask is no longer compulsory outdoors, the gauges in places receiving a seated public (stadiums, cultural establishments, etc.) are abandoned and teleworking is no longer imposed, but only recommended.
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“Tribute” to nightclub owners
On the discotheques, Gabriel Attal greeted “good news for professionals in the sectorand had a word for these. “I want to pay tribute to the managers of nightclubs. I think it was the establishment open to the public that was closed the most during the crisis. They put in a lot of effort“, he underlined.
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Emmanuel Macron himself was confident about respecting the set schedule. “February 16 is an additional step. Everything suggests that we can hold it“, assured the head of state in an interview granted Tuesday to The voice of the North. Corn “we must remain vigilant“, he warned.