Lucie de Perthuis, edited by Yanis Darras 07h32, 09 April 2023

With the return of good weather and on the occasion of the Easter weekend, many French people have decided to come together to enjoy the return of spring. With friends or family, with or without Easter in mind, strollers are numerous in the parks these days.

Inflation, pension reform, renewed tension around the island of Taiwan... The news seems gloomy in recent weeks. So, on the occasion of the return of spring, it is time for many French people to enjoy the long weekend.

Getting together with friends and family

No need to go far from home, the sunny weather is enough to convince the most homely to get out of their homes. Under the blue sky, some are already organizing the first picnics, like Robby, who gathers family and friends around his large tablecloth.

"For a Brit like me, it's already summer," he joked at the microphone of Europe 1. "We will especially try to have a good time. We're going to play, we're going to hide the eggs" for the little ones, and the big ones, he continues.

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Enjoy the good weather

Easter is also traditions and in this matter, everyone has his own: "I have planned a big chocolate rabbit with candy in it, so we will actually eat chocolate hoping that no one will have too much stomach pain," jokes a passer-by. "We eat a dove (an Italian Easter cake) because I'm Italian," adds a little further, a tourist.

For others, this long sunny weekend is above all an opportunity to enjoy simple pleasures. "We're going to go to the park, we're going to see the ducks and enjoy the good weather, because the days are longer, so we enjoy it," says a mother. Hoping that the good weather, too, plays overtime.