Municipal police check the exit certificates in Sceaux, in the Hauts-de-Seine, on April 8, 2020. - Thibault Camus / AP / SIPA

It is now official. The confinement will not end on April 15. The Elysee Palace announced on Wednesday that the confinement of the French "will be extended" beyond April 15. Another announcement, the speech of Emmanuel Macron, Monday at 8 p.m. The President of the Republic will explain his decisions regarding the fight against the coronavirus epidemic in the coming weeks, the Elysée told AFP.

The presidency did not specify the new duration of the confinement, a subject that the head of state could address on Easter Monday, in this fourth televised address since March 12.

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