On Wednesday evening, the President of the French Republic made official a measure of reconfinementwhich applies in France since 29th October in the evening, and until At least 1 December. An update will be given in a fortnight' time to reassess the situation. Since Friday thecertificate made a one-way trip to limit travel to one hour and one kilometre, and for the purposes of professional reasons or medical care, assistance for a relative, shopping or 'fresh air' close to home. Visit travel between regions is prohibitedBut business travel is tolerated. In fact, the French Transport Minister told LCI on Thursday morning: " you can get to work, whether your work is near or far, and you can travel from one place to another if you have a compelling reason to do so" like a business trip. " The principle during confinement is that you only travel for essential journeys, for compelling reasons, and in particular for professional reasonsand there is no 100 km rule" continued Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.
For his part, Emmanuel Macron stressed that the European Union's internal borders remain open: " Our internal borders within the European area will remain open and, with a few exceptions, external borders will remain closed" said Emmanuel Macron. " Of course, French citizens abroad will remain free to return to France. In ports and airports for international traveland rapid tests mandatory will be deployed for all arrivals. No traveller should be allowed to enter Europe without being certain that they are not a carrier of the virus." added the Chairman.
The details of this measure were spelled out by the government late on Thursday afternoon. In particular, the Prime Minister indicated that public transport were maintained. The hotels escape mandatory closure, but their restaurants will have to close their doors. The Minister for Employment insisted: " the teleworking is not an option" It must be increased to 100% for employees who can carry out all of their tasks remotely - adding that ". audio and video meetings video-conferencing must be the rule" .
