If the discos remain closed for the moment, you can always go for a ride in a libertine club. – Jon Super / Shutterstock / SIPA
- France begins on May 19 the first stage of its deconfinement calendar, which is to extend until June 30.
- On this date, terraces, cinemas, museums and non-essential shops in particular will be able to reopen, with strict health protocols.
- But among the reopening, some border on absurdity: ski lifts, but no slopes, amusement parks without merry-go-round or even seated weddings with a 9 p.m. curfew.
Some people smile, others indignant the professionals concerned. One week before the first stage of deconfinement, which should allow us to find the terraces, museums and cinemas, the reopening of certain places borders on absurdity.
After several months of closures, café terraces and restaurants, non-essential shops, museums and cinemas will reopen their doors on May 19 with strict health protocols. But among the scheduled reopening, some are surprising. 20 minutes make the point.
- Amusement parks, without attractions
If you are looking for logic, go your way. Amusement parks will reopen on May 19, but visitors will have to wait until June 9 to enjoy the attractions. The “theme parks will be able to reopen as of May 19”, had indicated last week Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Secretary of State in charge of Tourism, specifying that this decision concerned “the outdoor activities, the zoos, with some spaces of the aquarium type … “But” the attractions in themselves, in the legal sense of the term, it will be on June 9 “, as well as the funfairs, he added.
A decision difficult to understand for the players in the sector: “We do not understand and we do not see what is the distinction between theme park and amusement park”, had reacted the Compagnie des Alpes, owner in particular of the Parc Astérix, of which it has not yet set a date for reopening. “We are trying to clarify things. “
- Ski lifts without a ski area
May 19 will also mark the reopening of ski lifts in ski resorts at 50% of their gauge (65% on June 9 and 100% on June 30). If this news arrives a little late, the winter season having been over for several weeks, the professionals are now betting on mountain enthusiasts in summer. “Winter is over, it’s a disaster (…) It’s news that we hoped for but that does not remove the bitterness that we have just suffered during these last 6 months”, declared Alexandre Maulin, president of Domaine skiable de France, with our colleagues from France 3 Auvergne Rhône-Alpes. For ski enthusiasts, you still have the possibility of practicing summer skiing in Tignes, Val d’Isère or even in Les 2 Alpes where the reopening is scheduled for May 29.
- Libertine clubs, but no discotheques
Big forgotten of the calendar of deconfinement, the discotheques, closed for more than a year, still do not have a date of reopening. The libertine clubs, they should be able to reopen their doors on May 19 thanks to the health pass. “You refuse to […] allow, in case on July 1 that is possible ”the reopening of the discotheques, declared the deputy LR of the Manche, Philippe Gosselin, Monday in front of the National Assembly. “But do you know, moreover, that the libertine clubs will be able to reopen? And it is well known that in these clubs, we practice all barrier gestures. This is even why we are going there (…) Here, absurdly, where we are, ”he quipped.
As the government says no to reopening nightclubs, @phgosselin points to the reopening … of libertine clubs: “We arrive at absurd things (…) It is well known that in these clubs, we practice all barrier gestures.” #DirectAN #HealthCrisis # Covid19 pic.twitter.com/xGUXoOHFIz
– LCP (@LCP) May 10, 2021
If the member is not completely wrong, it is nevertheless necessary to bring a small precision “terminology”. If a libertine club is referenced as a “nightclub”, it will not be able to reopen, explained Rémi Calmon, director of SNEG & Co, union of festive places and diversity, Tuesday on RMC: “The clubs are that is to say, nightclubs, libertine or not, are not allowed to reopen ”. On the other hand, if a libertine place is classified in the same category as bars and restaurants (category N), it will be able to welcome customers on the terrace on May 19 and indoors on June 9.
- Weddings possible, but seated and with a curfew
If the bride and groom first jumped to the ceiling, they quickly become disillusioned. Yes, marriages will be able to resume, but with some (not insignificant) conditions. Reception venues such as party venues will be able to host weddings again as of May 19, but with a 9 p.m. curfew and seated with one in three locations occupied and seating “staggered between each row “. From June 9, there will be one site in two and a 23-hour curfew, before normal occupancy of the premises (including standing), respecting barrier gestures, from June 30, without time restrictions .
“After the ski resorts which can reopen without ski lifts, the amusement parks without attractions, it is announced that the wedding parties will resume, while banning standing cocktails and having meals end at 9 p.m. time they usually start! », Indignant Mélissa Humbert-Ferrand, president of the UPSE union (Union of solidarity professionals of the event), to AFP. According to her, “people would have agreed to have a seated cocktail if afterwards they could stay there and have their evening. There, after the town hall or the religious ceremony, instead of going their separate ways, they just have the right to sit down for a drink: it’s not called a wedding! “, she says.