This Monday marks the return to work and school everywhere in France.

In the fifteen departments affected by the curfew advanced to 6 p.m., residents are organizing themselves in the face of this new restriction.

Europe 1 went to Sarreguemines, in Moselle, to see the daily life of residents.

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Like six million French women and men, the city of Sarreguemines, in Moselle, has been experimenting with the curfew advanced at 6 p.m. since last Saturday to fight against the Covid-19 epidemic.

This department is one of the fifteen that must respect this new rule.

But it is really this Monday, with the return to work and school that the Sarregueminois learned to live with this restriction.

While some say they are tired and exasperated, not all of them see a radical change in their daily lives, as Europe 1 has seen on the spot.

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"You have these sheets if there is a check!"

For parents of students who come to pick up their children at the Cité's extracurricular site, for example, little or nothing has changed.

The animators Sihame and Julie are present.

But unlike usual, they give out some advice.

"You have these sheets for yourself, just in case, if there is a control! Even for you who live far away, it can be interesting."

In their hands, proof of travel to travel beyond the curfew, after 6 p.m.

"For us, this is the only change. We are there until 6:30 pm, as usual," said the two women.

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Marc Zingraff, the mayor of Sarreguemines, however, says he is faced with residents a little lost with the accumulation of measures.

"So there are technical questions. I spoke with a teacher who is used to spending time in the evening in her school preparing everything and who asked me the question if she was going to be able to come home later than habit. We do not always have the answer to everything. In a few days, we will see a little more clearly, "concludes the elected.