He is the "mister of deconfinement" of the government, but he nevertheless planned a strategy of reconfinement if necessary. While Edouard Philippe must give Thursday the details of "the stage of May 11" from Matignon, Jean Castex has provided "in [the] containment exit plan, a possible reconfiguration plan," he said. this Wednesday, during a hearing before the Senate Law Commission.
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The behavior of the French, the "key to success" of deconfinement
After observing a "slight relaxation" in the attitude of the French, the senior official therefore prepared for the worst in the event of a "relapse". This does not prevent him from appealing to collective responsibility: "The behavior of our fellow citizens is the key to the success of what we undertake, the fight, the victory, one day, against this pandemic." Before the senators, the architect of the return to normal in France also insists on the need for the progressiveness of the deconfinement, in particular for transport, the "most delicate subject" according to him.
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May 11, "phase 1" of deconfinement
The senior official also recalled that May 11 is only the first step, "phase 1, a period when we have to be very careful". This first stage, from May 11 to June 2, "is the search for a balance between respect for health doctrine and the requirements of the country's economic and social life," he said. However, more than seven weeks after the start of confinement, the country must find, according to him, "the ways of economic life, otherwise too prolonged confinement could have consequences as disastrous as the pandemic" of coronavirus.