At 8:02 pm this Monday evening, after the applause for the carers, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron will speak on the health situation. It is the fourth speech by the Head of State since the start of the coronavirus crisis. After a weekend of consultations, from Nicolas Sarkozy to François Hollande, via Angela Merkel, the President of the Republic must speak on a hot topic: what timetable for the application of containment measures? "We have not left the inn", this is how, in recent days, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, spoke of confinement in small groups.
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Prolonged confinement
This Monday, Emmanuel Macron will carry the same message: "do not lower your guard," said his entourage. Containment could be extended, possibly until the first half of May. The entourage of the President, in particular, worked this weekend on a ban this summer on gatherings of more than 100 people and on a return to school in September.
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If his thinking is not yet completely finished, the Head of State knows it: the stake is that the French continue to accept to stay at home. "There is a real risk of a second wave in the event of a loosening," we worry at the Elysée.
Update on masks, tests and treatments
Faced with the growing mistrust of his crisis management, Emmanuel Macron will also take stock of the masks, tests, treatments, tracking ... "It must be precise and transparent" says a ministerial adviser . The next will also be on the table, without going too far, hopes a majority executive. "Now is not the time when we are in the trenches."
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Emmanuel Macron has in any case warned his many interlocutors in recent days: "The return to normal will be long and difficult." The President of the Republic still stumbled on the criteria of a possible deconfinement: by regions, by age groups, by sectors ... Scientific advisers are far from unanimous on how to proceed. He should still consult the day before his speech.