The end of year celebrations will be special this year. Because of the coronavirus pandemic that has been raging for almost a year around the world, the French will have to celebrate Christmas in small groups : no more than six adults at the table. The members of the government must of course set an example, especially since Emmanuel Macron, Jean Castex and other officials of the majority recently made controversy for having participated in a dinner at the Elysee with a dozen of guests. The next morning, the head of state tested positive for Covid-19. It has since been isolated at La Lanterne, a hunting lodge located in Versailles and used as a state residence and may not spend the holidays with the family, like Olivier Véran.
The Minister of Solidarity and Health in fact "deprived of festivities", as reported by Sunday newspaper. "On the front line against the epidemic, the Minister of Health has already warned his relatives that they shouldn't count on him for feasts ", can we read in the edition of December 20, 2020. Unlike Marlène Schiappa who will be with her husband and her two daughters on the evening of December 24, then at her sister's on the 26th, or Roselyne Bachelot who will be celebrating her birthday (December 24 ) in Angers, Olivier Véran will therefore not see his 10-year-old daughter and his 7-year-old son. To manage the health crisis, the father does not leave his office which is only a few steps from his apartment and avoids seeing his two treasures who live in Grenoble, with their mother.
December 31 prohibited
Regarding New Year's Eve, the 40-year-old politician was also very clear: maintaining it would be a danger for the population. "It's still a festive moment. We have to be even more careful", he said on LCI before adding nostalgically: "Me, I really want, like all French people, to go back to bars, to go back to restaurants, to meet up with friends, to make dinners for eight, raclettes for fifteen people … I can not wait to be able to make the children of my neighbors and my friends play with mine ".
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