Coronavirus in France: Parisians enjoy the reopening of parks

Parisian parks were able to reopen this Saturday, May 30, 2020. ALAIN JOCARD / AFP

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It is the day of reunion between the French and their parks and gardens which reopened this Saturday after more than two months of closure due to coronavirus, a sunny note tempered by a dark economic picture.

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On this Pentecost weekend, and when cafes and restaurants are also preparing to welcome their first customers on Tuesday, the lawns were reinvested in numbers like at the Buttes-Chaumont, one of the largest parks in Paris.

[Reportage] Parisians find their parks

Sylvie Koffi

"  We have never seen so many people so early,  " laughs a thirty-something sitting in the grass, in front of a real crossover of joggers in need of greenery, blissful brats in front of ducks, strollers, bikes and scooters. Few onlookers wear a mask, which is however "recommended" but not compulsory, and at each entrance gate, a can of hydroalcoholic gel is self-service.

Hidalgo demanded the reopening of the parks

Wearing a mask, the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, who has been demanding the reopening of the parks for several weeks against the advice of the government, did not hide her joy by crossing the gates of a square in the 3rd arrondissement on Saturday. "  We recommend wearing a mask (...) we especially hope that everyone will be able to enjoy (...) these pieces of greenery which are absolutely essential to our lives,  " she said before the cameras. .

The government gave the green light Thursday to the lifting of many restrictions thanks to the continuous decline since April 9 in the number of patients treated in intensive care. All the departments are in the green zone with the exception of those of Ile-de-France, Guyana and Mayotte, passed from red to orange, and where the deconfinement will be a little more careful.

(With AFP)

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