An FCN supporter in an empty stand at the Beaujoire stadium.
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The clubs wanted it, Roxana Maracineanu had pleaded it and Jean Castex had not closed the door… But ultimately, the return of the public in the football stadiums will not be done before January.
In the best case.
Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports, announced Tuesday morning on RMC that he was only working on this perspective.
"Hopefully," he replied to a question about the supporters' return in January.
In any case, that's what we have in mind.
This will be confirmed depending on the epidemic evolution.
When that takes place, it will be in a proportional perspective, and not in absolute value, as it could have been the case in the past when we said for example 5,000.
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Professional sport: Jean-Michel Blanquer announces that the return of the public to the stadiums will be postponed until January # BourdinDirect pic.twitter.com/iQv4NZWyvV
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An unknown fill rate
The Minister did not give more details on the authorized filling rate.
Could it be 25%?
“It could be that, we'll see.
One in four seats, one in two… Again, it depends on the data we have, ”he said.
Professional clubs will therefore not benefit from the series of reopening (theaters, cinemas, performance halls) envisaged by the government on December 15, date of stage 2 of deconfinement.
Anyway, nothing is certain for anyone yet.
The goal of 5,000 cases per day, condition set for this stage 2, will be "very difficult" to achieve, acknowledged Monday the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon.
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