These clandestine parties that defy the Covid-19 and health measures

Illustration: bottles of alcohol on a drunken evening.

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• In Bordeaux and its surroundings, clandestine evenings organized in apartments rented for the occasion have been held with dozens of young people in recent weeks.

• Barrier gestures are often very little respected but according to the police, this type of party is rare.

  There is no phenomenon.

• On the Airbnb side, it is recalled that all parties have been prohibited since the end of August in the accommodation rented by the platform and that special measures have been taken to fight against this type of evening.

The last time was about ten days ago.

Nicolas * just remembers that "it was on the coast in a big house with a swimming pool" and that they were "about fifty".

A student in Bordeaux, the 19-year-old has been participating for several weeks in clandestine parties organized via social networks in Gironde.

“It was a friend who introduced me to this group on Instagram [atp_party, it was recently deleted], they organize big parties thanks to Airbnb rentals.

We are asked for some information at the start and then we are told where it is going to happen, he explains, but I did not know the organizers at all ”.

The latter also ensure that the boy / girl mix is ​​well respected in the messages that

has been able to consult.

On the other hand, nothing on the health situation and the restrictions linked to the Covid-19 epidemic in France.

In one month, Nicolas took part in three of these festivals.

Two in Bordeaux in "a large apartment and a huge villa with swimming pool and spa" and therefore the last on the coast.

“At first, it surprised me, but naturally people put themselves within a yard of each other, as if it was a habit.

But of course, it's after that it spoils itself with the alcohol, the music… ”

"Aware of the risks taken"

He emphasizes all the same “that for the first time, ten days ago, we were asked to come with the mask and there was hydroalcoholic gel everywhere.

I felt a small evolution ”.

Not sure that this prevents the virus from circulating between dozens of young people next to each other in sometimes closed rooms.

But no big deal, Nicolas fully assumes his participation in this kind of evening: "I am fully aware of what I do and the risks but as there are many restrictions on leisure activities and nightclubs, as soon as he there is a party, we're going.

" He pursues :

It's very difficult to resist it actually.

We're young, we're immune.

Afterwards, I also adapt my behavior in relation to my relatives.

For example, I avoid seeing my grandparents at the moment.

"

The one who refuses to talk to his parents about it for the risk of being judged and being argued puts forward another argument: "We are used to having parties in large groups, that's why it's complicated. to stick with those restrictions at 10 or 6 now.

We still want to benefit as much as possible despite the epidemic.

As Emmanuel Macron said on October 14, "it's hard to be 20 years old in 2020" but that does not prevent you from respecting the rules.

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No police watch on social networks

Are the police worried about this kind of party being organized?

At the Bordeaux police station, we immediately prefer to remind "that there is not a phenomenon as such on this type of evening, they are not multiplying, we are rather faced with exceptions".

Moreover, “there are no particular watches on social networks, explains a policeman at

we do not have a team that works specifically on these issues.

Most of the time, it is the neighbors who warn us fairly quickly because it does not go unnoticed.

There is a nighttime noise very often.

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On the Airbnb side, we are trying to track down these clandestine parties because the platform "has banned parties on all rented accommodation" since the end of August.

It recalls that it "may be required to delete the user's account or even to initiate legal proceedings if this rule is not respected".

Airbnb claims to have taken other measures such as restricting bookings for those under 25 (those who have less than three positive comments on previous stays can no longer book entire accommodation near them), the impossibility on the platform to rent today accommodation that can accommodate more than 16 people.

She finally recalls that there is "a portal dedicated to neighbors and another to the police" which allow the former to report any event of this kind and the latter to obtain all the necessary information in the event of an offense.

* The first name has been changed.

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