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Saturday night in Paris was the first day of the curfew, one of the latest measures introduced by the French government to counter the coronavirus epidemic. The curfew will remain in force for at least four weeks throughout the Île-de-France region, where Paris is located, as well as in the metropolitan areas of Lille, Rouen, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse, Lyon, Grenoble, Aix -Marseille and Montpellier. . It begins at 9 pm and ends at 6 am the next day and provides for the closure of all restaurants, bars, cinemas and theaters, as well as a limitation of movement, for which a self-certification is required to move. Last night, therefore, the streets and squares of the French capital were almost deserted, except for the police and military patrols.
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The government will try to extend the curfew to six weeks, but for this it needs the favorable vote of Parliament. When announcing the measure’s entry into force, French President Emmanuel Macron said he needed to allow the economy to function and keep schools open.
It is the first time that a curfew has been adopted in France for health reasons. The last time it was introduced, in many large cities but not in Paris, dates back to 2005, during the period of the suburban riots: then-Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin had been heavily criticized for the decision given that historically the touch curfew was used only in times of war. The last time it was adopted in Paris dates back to October 1961, during the Algerian War of Independence, but at that time it only affected “French Muslims” and it was decided to avoid violent actions by the Algerian National Liberation Front. .
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