Emmanuel Macron will speak this Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. on the health crisis linked to Covid-19, announced the Elysee Palace while a new decisive defense council is being held this morning at 9 a.m.
Of the three options considered to fight against the spread of the epidemic, the most radical seems favored by the executive.
Emmanuel Macron will address the French in a speech at 8 p.m. this Wednesday evening, announced the Elysee Palace early in the morning, while the presidential speech was expected in the face of the third wave of the Covid-19 epidemic.
The head of state should announce new radical restrictions but also explain his strategy which has not always been well understood by the population.
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Towards the most radical option
Because since Tuesday evening, the atmosphere has changed.
Emmanuel Macron and Jean Castex saw each other at the Elysee Palace to adjust their positions and three options then seemed on the table.
The first, a simple adjustment of current measures, by switching a few additional departments under the confinement regime.
The second, bring forward school holidays in the three regions most affected by the virus, in other words, close schools.
Finally, the third and more radical option that the executive seems to favor today, that of hard confinement, to put a big brake on mixing and social interactions.
A solution that Emmanuel Macron, today at the foot of the wall, did everything to avoid.