• The marriages will be able to resume, in still small committees, from May 19.

  • A real relief for couples who must say "yes" to each other in the coming weeks.

    But some prefer to postpone the ceremony (again).

  • On the side of professionals in the sector, we regret that the protocol does not take into account the question of tests, hoping for a possible exemption for the curfew.

After long months in very small committees, the marriages will finally be able to resume.

As

Le Parisien

reported earlier this week, a protocol has been put in place.

Still restrictive, it prohibits sit-down meals indoors, and the number of guests may not exceed 35% of the room's capacity until June 9, and then drop to 50% until June 30.

Subsequently, all constraints will be lifted, if sanitary conditions allow.

A relief, but also a headache for the bride and groom, who weigh the pros and cons.

With the only alternative to postpone - again for some - the celebration.

"A great wine of honor with our friends"

For Cécile, 33, the wait was becoming unbearable. “We are getting married on June 12,” she explains to

20 Minutes.

 We appreciated the news, albeit a bit late, after canceling three-quarters of our guests and service providers last weekend. Indoor seated meals are prohibited before June 30. We are therefore going to be able to have a bigger reception with our friends, but still not invite our families who have arrived from Vendée, whom we will not be able to accommodate or to eat properly in the evening. We cannot, in the North, bet everything on the weather… ”.

Not to mention her fear about the reopening of the terraces on May 19, which, according to her, risks turning the region into red.

“If that's the case, we'll have to cancel everything again.

The hardest part is to explain it to our loved ones.

"

For Alice and Bédou, who had decided to postpone their marriage to 2022, a last-minute change will be their stroke of luck.

“Big surprise when I announce to the estate our postponement: a date has just become available on July 3, thus allowing a marriage without gauge but obviously in the respect of barrier gestures.

It's a godsend to finally be able to project yourself and move forward with less fear.

We can't wait to be on D-Day for this event which will inevitably mark the spirits of all our guests.

Long Live Love !

"

"The government puts the bride and groom in catastrophic situations"

Some, on the contrary, prefer to avoid any unpleasant surprises for fear of a new wave of the epidemic. Like Mey, 25. “We really thought we could celebrate it on May 22nd. Unfortunately, the curfew will still be in force, although it will be postponed to 9 p.m. We have decided to postpone the party. We wanted to have a real wedding without going without and not saying goodbye to our guests at 8pm, it's too sad to finish a wedding at this time! "

These ceremonies, once again postponed to next year, or even to 2023, greatly worry some professionals in the sector.

Because even if they are happy with this partial recovery, health protocols can leave them with a bitter taste.

"What I find lamentable is that we had proposed protocols that could allow opening to normal gauges", judges Sébastien Leduc, wedding planner at Jour J Event, in Ile-de-France.

“To our surprise, no PCR test was required when people were ready to get tested, to do self-tests.

The government is putting the bride and groom in catastrophic situations ”.

Will dance floors be allowed?

Faced with concerns, the wedding planner manages the anxieties of the bride and groom on a daily basis: “The government did not ask itself the question of a derogatory certificate so that the guests can attend the wedding. For the most part, it's a month away from their wedding, so they still don't know if they'll be able to do it. I have married in tears! », He regrets.

Another story from the Union des Professionnels Solidaires de l'Evénementiel (UPSE), which remains very optimistic about the evolution of the health situation: “The professionals are satisfied and expect two notable details: to know if a marriage can be exempt from the curfew, and ensure that the dance floors are open.

Because in France, a marriage necessarily rhymes with ”, details Brice Etienne, vice-president of UPSE.

According to him, 40,000 marriages were to be canceled before government announcements.

But thanks to the relaxation of health measures, he predicts that half, or even 75%, will be saved.

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