In Paris, restaurants, cafes, brasseries, bistros and all professionals with a terrace or having set up a terrace on the road are preparing to welcome customers. – MEIGNEUX ROMUALD / SIPA
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This Wednesday, May 19, deconfinement in France will begin its second stage, and perhaps the most anticipated. Terraces, museums and cinemas reopen for the first time since October, the curfew finally passes to 9 p.m. and non-essential shops, closed since April, are also reopening. What good news is therefore linked for a French population suffering from more than a year of coronavirus, and in the starting blocks to enjoy life again. Follow this day to the particular taste in our live.
According to an Odoxa poll of May 13, for 66% of French people, the happiness and relief of being “deconfined” far outweigh the worry in the face of an epidemic that is still very present. 59% of French people want to rebuild a terrace as quickly as possible. Isn’t this prospect of blissful happiness for molars too hasty, and don’t we risk being disappointed by May 19 and deconfinement? Answer here.
Will the fourth attempt be the right one? France on Tuesday proposed a resolution to the UN Security Council, in coordination with Egypt and Jordan, which calls for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Gaza, taking the risk of pointing the States – United. During a meeting between French Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Egyptian Presidents Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and, by videoconference, King Abdullah II of Jordan, “the three countries agreed on three simple elements: the shooting must stop, the time has come for a ceasefire and the UN Security Council must take up the subject, ”via a resolution, the Elysee said. The French resolution proposal comes as the UN Security Council has been blocked for eight days by the United States on the adoption of a simple declaration on the conflict, according to diplomatic sources. Washington refused three proposed by China, Tunisia and Norway.
Until the end, the return of Karim Benzema to the France team seemed too good, too fantasized to be true. Yet it is real. Didier Deschamps announced Tuesday evening his list of 26 players summoned for Euro 2021, and the name of the Real Madrid striker is still there even after rubbing his eyes. For the first time since October 2015 and a 4-0 victory against Armenia, to whom he, despite himself, offered posterity, KB9 “so proud” will once again put on the jersey of the Blues. And, a little novelty, he will have two stars, as if to remind that the team he is reintegrating has adapted very well to his departure and that he is expected at the turn to rise to the occasion. “Karim is intelligent, he knows that he comes in a group which has a background and benchmarks”, tempers DD. “It’s a risk taking for everyone because the France team was already performing well. His return does not guarantee anything (in terms of results), ”warns Alain Perrin, his former coach at OL.