A curfew will be imposed in the next few days in Nice to fight against the spread of the Covid-19, we learned in the entourage of mayor LR Christian Estrosi who is still working on the municipal by-law which will precisely define the measured.
"This decree will obviously have exceptions for all those who are obliged to work," the same source said. "With the prefect, the local actors, Mr. Estrosi has the feeling that it is the best way to protect his population," commented during a press point the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner.
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"Use all of the police powers"
"Of course, it is not a question of establishing a national curfew on the whole territory", he added, before continuing: "I invite the mayors to use all their powers from police".
An amendment to the emergency plan adopted by the Senate must authorize the municipal police to note the infractions and to verbalize them. Until now, the municipal police did not have this faculty claimed by the LR president of the Île-de-France region Valérie Pécresse and by Christian Estrosi.