INFORMATION EUROPE 1 - The final deconfinement arbitrations on the table at the Élysée

Emmanuel Macron will specify in the regional press on Friday the schedule for a deconfinement expected by the whole country.

According to our information, this deconfinement will be done in four stages, spread over the months of May and June.

All the details here.

It is a gradual deconfinement that awaits France, according to information from Europe 1. Unsurprisingly, the first stage is for Monday May 3, the fourth for June 30.

Calendar details here: 

Stage 1, May 3 

• Maintenance of the curfew

• Maintenance of teleworking

• Status quo on shops

• Reopening of colleges with a half-gauge for 4th and 3rd classes

• Reopening of high-schools in half-gauge

• End of the certificate for travel in day

• Lifting of restrictions for inter-regional travel

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Stage 2, May 19

• Shifting of the curfew to 9 p.m.

• Maintaining teleworking

• Reopening of shops in accordance with gauges and protocols adapted to each place and activity

• Reopening of terraces, with tables of six people maximum

• Reopening of museums, monuments, cinemas, theaters, performance halls with a seated audience, in compliance with a gauge set at 800 indoors and 1,000 outdoors

• Reopening of outdoor sports establishments and covered for spectators, in compliance with a gauge set at 800 in indoor and 1,000 outdoors

• Resumption of sports activities in indoor and outdoor areas with appropriate protocols

• Gatherings of more than ten people are prohibited

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Stage 3, June 9

• Shifting of the curfew to 11pm

• Easing of teleworking

• Reopening of cafes and restaurants, with tables of up to six people, in compliance with gauges and protocols adapted to each place and activity

• Possibility of accommodating up to 5,000 people in places of culture and sports establishments (subject to a health pass)

• Reopening of sports halls and expansion of sports practice to outdoor contact sports and indoor contactless, in compliance with gauges and protocols adapted to each location and activity

• Reopening of trade fairs and exhibitions, possibility of accommodating up to 5,000 people, in accordance with gauges and protocols adapted to each location and activity

• Reception of foreign tourists with a health pass

Stage 4, June 30

• End of the curfew

• End of gauge limits according to the local health situation in establishments open to the public, maintenance of barrier gestures and social distancing

• Possibility of access to any event bringing together more than 1,000 people outdoors and in indoor (sanitary pass)

• Maximum limit of the public present adapted to the events and the local sanitary situation

• The discotheques remain closed