Prime Minister Jean Castex announced at noon on Wednesday the lifting of the curfew on Sunday, June 20 and the end of wearing a mask outside on Thursday.
The president of the Ile-de-France region welcomed the commitments while asking to monitor the Delta variant.
Valérie Pécresse was the guest of Sonia Mabrouk in the morning of Europe 1, Thursday.
INTERVIEW
End of outdoor masks and lifting of the curfew.
The French waited for this moment, their patience was rewarded.
Prime Minister Jean Castex announced it on Wednesday, after the Council of Ministers and the Defense Council.
Invited on Europe 1 Thursday morning, the outgoing president of the Île-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse welcomed the government's decision while asking her "to be vigilant with arrivals by the borders" given the heavy circulation of the Delta variant .
"A pragmatic decision"
The relaxations planned by the government are the result of a "pragmatic decision", greets Valérie Pécresse.
"But that does not mean that we must stop the barrier gestures, that we must not be wary of the arrival of new variants. That is why I am asking the government to be particularly vigilant on arrivals. at the borders ".
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