Jean Castex closes the door on the reopening of "non-essential" shops

Jean Castex, July 3, 2020 on the TF1 newscast.

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Via Twitter, he had "made an appointment this evening at 8:00 p.m. on TF1".

After Emmanuel Macron, Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Jean Castex came to speak live to French women and men on television.

During this interview, the head of government announced that he did not intend to allow “non-essential” businesses targeted by an administrative closure to reopen immediately: “We will not go back on the measures announced, it is much too early” .

The Prime Minister promised to review the point "in two weeks" to see if a change is possible. 

This intervention by Jean Castex comes at a time when the reconfinement has forced many businesses to lower the curtain.

A measure that meets strong opposition from traders - in Lille, a bookseller decided to open despite the prefectural decree;

in the Haut-Rhin, a shopkeeper started a hunger strike and wears “mourning for her shop” - but also among many elected officials, such as the mayor of Faches-Tumesnil, near Lille, has published a municipal decree authorizing the businesses in its city to remain open, that of Bourg-en-Bresse has taken one to close the “non-essential” departments of supermarkets.

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