Agents from the city of Nice remove the blue chairs from the promenade des Anglais on November 12, 2020 -

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  • "There are still too many regroupings which must absolutely be avoided", had justified Christian Estrosi Wednesday, by announcing that the blue chairs were going to be withdrawn.

  • The town hall specifies that the foundations of the promenade des Anglais will be back as soon as "the evolution of sanitary conditions" will allow it.

A "health dictatorship" or even "anything" ... With his decision to remove the famous blue chairs from the Promenade des Anglais to slow the Covid-19 epidemic, the mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi has created controversy , fed on social networks in recent days.

Prized by walkers, symbolic for tourists who can bring them back in miniature at the end of a key ring, the 440 blue chairs, but also other elements of the street furniture of Nice, were to be withdrawn this Friday.

"Do not forget to remove the seats from the trams"

"There are still too many regroupings that must absolutely be avoided", had justified the elected Wednesday evening, by announcing this new measure, among others.

He also called on the state to return a curfew to stem the coronavirus epidemic.

The mayor of Nice is not at his first attempt.

It has, since last spring, multiplied the announcements, municipal decrees and measures, sometimes contested, such as the disinfection of streets, to stem the spread of the virus.

If some, on social networks, consider his latest initiative "necessary to save lives", others are carried away by a certain form of bidding.

"Do not forget also to remove the pebbles from the beaches and the seats of the trams as a precaution", hisses a user.

They will be renovated

Former municipal councilor Patrick Allemand denounced for his part a "spectacular decision which really appears to be a communication operation".

"It was enough to patrol a little municipal police on the southern roadway of the Prom 'to enforce safety distances," said the socialist on Facebook.

Asked by

20 Minutes

this Friday afternoon, the city specifies that the chairs will be back as soon as "the evolution of sanitary conditions" will allow it.

She also said "take advantage" of this operation to "renovate" the blue chairs.

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