Paris (AFP)
With the lifting of confinement, the French will regain freedom of movement from December 15, said Tuesday the Minister for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, explaining that there was "no problem to book" a train ticket or plane.
"From December 15, the principle is that we find freedom of movement," said the Minister Delegate on LCI.
“You will have 100% trains that will be available and tickets will be exchangeable and refundable until the day of departure. There is no problem with booking,” he detailed, adding that the ticket offer planes would be tripled from the lockdown period and tickets exchangeable or refundable until the day of departure.
For trips to overseas or abroad, "the same principle applies", according to Mr. Djebbari.
It remains dependent on any quarantine measures or PCR test required on departure or arrival by a particular country.
President Emmanuel Macron announced on November 24 that, if the health situation continued to improve, the confinement would be lifted on December 15 and that the French would be allowed to travel without authorization, including between regions.
Asked about the fact that the Australian airline Qantas has announced requiring passengers to be vaccinated against Covid-19, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari estimated that the company had spoken "a little quickly" and that it did not had moreover "not been supported by the Australian government".
"It is not an airline or a rail operator that decides whether or not vaccines are compulsory, it is the health and government authorities", he insisted.
Emmanuel Macron indicated that vaccination against Covid-19 would not be compulsory in France.
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