Headlines: a little freedom ...

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“  France woke up slowly yesterday, notes Le Parisien, as groggy (…). After 55 isolated days at home, for those who cannot telecommute, the morning routine has changed somewhat : "do I have my keys? My phone?" and now: "do I have my mask and my hydroalcoholic gel?". Sanitary facilities mainly present yesterday in public transport and numerous in the streets. Against the backdrop of fear of a second wave, the first stage of deconfinement was groped, as if the French were rediscovering an environment that was nevertheless familiar but with alert eyes.  "

So “  of course ,” continues Le Parisien, “there are some worrying images in Parisian transport. And in the evening, still in the capital, the inconsistent behavior of some led the police to intervene to evacuate the banks of the Saint-Martin canal, where improvised aperitifs were getting a little too large. But this first day of deconfinement was marked by the expression of good will from the French.  "

Fracture...

All the same, a great disparity yesterday and even a "  social fracture  ", exclaims Liberation .

"On the  one hand, workers who hurry in transport at dawn, at the risk of being contaminated; on the other, executives who telework in the shelter ... A two-speed recovery that exacerbates inequalities,  "said the newspaper.

And Liberation to wonder: “  In this pandemic situation, those who earn the least are those who take the most risks. Isn't it time to question, concretely, in the light of the crisis, the income gaps, sometimes abysmal, that separate managers and managers, textbooks and intellectuals, managers and workers ? When we hear the ministers of the Philippe government explain that we could not impose more the most favored at the risk of discouraging them, we wonder if they understood the meaning of the crisis we are going through.  "

Reprise !

Le Figaro has a completely different concern ... The economic recovery can no longer wait: "  It is a battle that begins and that requires to unambiguously declare a state of economic emergency. To do everything possible to encourage a massive and rapid return to work. No offense to certain sated and intoxicated people of good feelings, the return of strong growth, and it alone, constitutes , believes Le Figaro, the best bulwark against the coming social crisis: we create neither wealth nor jobs without activity.  "

"Beware! "

One of the activities that started again yesterday is the hairstyle ... "  Sus tifs. Hallali on the cobs. Film, we follicle you ! exclaims Nice Matin . Panic in bac? It is said that the French, sockets in battle and rebellious wick, place the visit to the hairdresser at the top of the scale of their priorities.  "

And indeed, hair salons were refueled yesterday. "  The hairdressers, all scissors outside, will carry the symbol of this liberation of little things ," notes La Provence. A large capillary egg sung at dawn. It tells of the resilient will to move on, to erase the traces of bushy weather on our skulls and battered lives. He also says the struggle to take up the thread of economic life and the need, even between tubs and hairdryers, to think of new organizations, to respect distancing, to reinvent our social relationships in times of corona .  "

A "thin layer of ice"

Because the pandemic is not over, far from it ... "  At a time when everyone would like to turn the page, it is clear that we are far from it , notes Le Monde, so many are the uncertainties that remain about behavior SARS-CoV-2 and our ability to stem the epidemic other than through containment measures. Neither the precise mode of contamination nor the exact intensity of its circulation are known. No more than the importance of children in the transmission of the virus, or the role of room temperature in its activity . (…) We live "on a thin layer of ice," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "

Indeed, Le Monde continues , "  never have politicians, in all latitudes and whatever their persuasion, had to manage at the same time such a pernicious and unpredictable aggression, whose only known parades, by paralyzing the activity, are likely to multiply the ravages. All the more reason , considers the evening paper, for taking the time to listen to citizens humbly and doing everything to gain or maintain their trust. All the more reason to work now to learn the lessons of an unprecedented crisis - on the organization of health systems and international pandemic management, on the place of "front line" workers in society, on the chains of 'supply, among other things - all the more reason to learn from a crisis with which we are going to have to live sustainably , concludes Le Monde , whether in terms of its health impact or its economic damage . "

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