The departments of Île-de-France, Mayotte and Réunion are the only orange classified in France. Dominique Bussereau, president of the Assembly of departments, wished on Europe 1 that those in orange "can go green" as quickly as possible.

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Since Thursday, only the departments of Île-de-France (Paris, Val-de-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-d'Oise, Essonne, Yvelines), Mayotte and La Réunion are now classified orange. Their situations must be, like all deconfinement measures, be reassessed on June 22. Dominique Bussereau, president of the Assembly of departments, said he hoped that these departments could "go green" as quickly as possible.

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"I hope that, if good health news appears, these departments can go from orange to green without waiting for June 22, especially the Val d'Oise," said the former Minister of Agriculture on Saturday evening. on Europe 1. "I spoke with my colleague from Val d'Oise, like all those in the departments in orange. For them it is difficult to live with. In these departments, they are more like clusters than a generalized epidemic" , said Dominique Bussereau. 

The deconfinement, "gives morale to the French" 

The President of the Assembly of Departments, on the other hand, welcomed the continued deconfinement in most of the country. "This is very good news, and it is even better news for the departments which were in red, in particular the Hauts-de-France or the Grand Est, even if Paris remains in orange", welcomed l 'former minister. 

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"For the other departments, there are a lot of people on this tourist weekend of Pentecost. I don't know if the 100 km are still really respected, and even in force. All the same it changes morale and gives morale to the French, and it's good for the economic recovery, "added Dominique Bussereau.