Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will present the deconfinement plan of May 11 surrounded by six ministers, on May 7 at 4 p.m. from the Matignon hotel. (Illustration) - AFP

He will be well surrounded. To present "the stage of May 11" which marks the beginning of the deconfinement of France department by department, Edouard Philippe will be accompanied, this Thursday at 4 p.m., by six ministers. In Matignon, around the Prime Minister, we will find Elisabeth Borne (Ecological transition), Olivier Véran (Health), Christophe Castaner (Interior), Bruno Le Maire (Economy), Muriel Pénicaud (Work) and Jean-Michel Blanquer (Education).

# Deconfinement: As agreed, with the ministers concerned, I will make a final progress tomorrow before the deadline of May 11. pic.twitter.com/kOuS730zl2

- Edouard Philippe (@EPhilippePM) May 6, 2020

Several subjects crystallize the attention to four days of the expected unlocking of the country, which must be done in a “progressive” and “differentiated” way, according to Edouard Philippe: the conditions for reopening of nursery and elementary schools, the resumption of public transport, the return to companies or the possibility of traveling within a radius of 100 km in particular.

A possible amplification deconfinement, May 2

The executive has warned that three criteria will guide their choices and may lead to a "stricter deconfinement" depending on the departments classified for the occasion in green or red. Edouard Philippe had mentioned these three criteria on April 28 at the Assembly: “Either the rate of new cases in the population over a period of 7 days remains high, which would show that the circulation of the virus remains active; either that regional hospital capacities in intensive care remain strained; or that the local test and contact case detection system is not sufficiently ready ”.

Thursday's point should therefore be used to determine which measures will be applied department by department. After May 11, the executive has set a new stage on June 2 which could allow, if the conditions are met, to amplify the deconfinement.

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