Paris (AFP)

How to prepare for resumption of activity without releasing the fight against the coronavirus? Emmanuel Macron and Edouard Philippe consult social partners and political forces before the presidential speech on Monday, at the highly anticipated announcements a month after the start of the confinement.

One thing is already certain: the "Stay at home" will be reaffirmed by the Head of State when he addresses television, at 8:02 pm, for the fourth time since the start of the health crisis.

Emmanuel Macron should specify the duration of the new extension of the containment started on March 17, and could give initial indications on the next stage, that of the deconfinement and the exit from the emergency situation, which promises to be gradual.

For this, in the absence of meetings around a table, videoconferences, audioconferences and exchanges, including with controversial experts like Professor Didier Raoult Thursday, should continue to succeed until Monday for the executive.

Friday, Emmanuel Macron and Edouard Philippe brought together employers and union officials for the second time in 15 days.

The president had "two messages: this is not the time to lower the guard because confinement remains the means to decrease the epidemic. And we must think about deconfinement even if, obviously, we do not is not there, "said Yves Veyrier (FO) after the audio conference.

Philippe Martinez (CGT) was more laconic by indicating that there was "nothing new" because Emmanuel Macron "reserves his announcements for his intervention".

"Everyone welcomed the quality of the dialogue between the executive and the social partners," said François Asselin (CPME). By specifying that the discussion had notably focused on "the protection of employees", which "remains perfectible" even if the arrival of masks improves it.

Yves Veyrier stressed that "many questions" arose to prepare for the resumption of activity, including those on "masks, tests, safety in companies but also in transport".

The secretary general of the CFDT Laurent Berger proposed that "mandatory criteria" be defined in "each business" in health matters, "a form of end of containment protocol".

- "Clear" and "concrete" -

The executive also wants to show that it is "listening" to political forces. After taking stock with all the ministers in the morning, Edouard Philippe held a videoconference with the presidents of the parliamentary groups and the two assemblies, Richard Ferrand (LREM) and Gérard Larcher (LR). Before telephone contacts with party leaders throughout the weekend, according to Matignon.

Right and left demand that Emmanuel Macron send a "clear" and "concrete" message on Monday, in particular on the questions that are debating: wearing a mask, tests, treatments, digital tracing, conditions for deconfinement or border control. .

"The martial tone is no longer enough. There is no longer room for blurring, hesitation and the + at the same time +", said Pierre Jouvet, spokesperson for the PS.

Faced with criticism, the executive highlights the difficulties of constantly adapting to an unprecedented epidemic and the many unknowns. "We know that we are sailing a little on sight. We must therefore be extremely transparent and continue to be so," underlines LREM deputy Roland Lescure.

After closing ranks, "the French are regaining their critical capacity" in the face of power, notes political scientist Pascal Perrineau. By emphasizing the logic of the latest polls, in which the confidence rate in the action of the executive - around 47% - tends to approach the popularity rating of Emmanuel Macron.

To prepare for the post-crisis period, the executive must also heed calls from civil society not to leave the debate to the experts alone. "It is in the way in which we collectively build the way out of the crisis that the long-term resilience capacity of our society will be built", affirm the organizations on the initiative of the "Power of Living Pact", including the Nicolas Foundation Hulot, in an open letter to Emmanuel Macron.

The participants of the Citizen Climate Convention also transmitted 50 proposals to the executive, calling for the erection of "a different economic and societal model, more human and more resilient".

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