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Paris (France), May 19 (EFE) .- (Camera: Mario García Sánchez / Martí Rodríguez) France recovered this Wednesday a part of that longed for "normality", with the reopening of bars, restaurants and cultural centers to which it adds the reduction of the curfew, now starting at nine at night, while the authorities appealed for prudence.FOOTAGE OF BARS ANS TERRACES IN PARISSOUNDBITES OF CLIENTS AND WORKERSVINCENT COURCELLE-LABROUSSE - The life we have here is about restaurants, bars and museums, cinemas... We have been living as monkeys.POL COLAS ARTILES - This is about giving some air to the city. Reopening means that after long time closed, there are a lot of work to be done.ABDALLAH - 1.- "I have lived the day with great emotion, because in France we have been locked up at home for seven months and finally we can go out."SOPHIE 2.- "The morning, well. I have met my clients, some of my whole life, and others that I did not know. I expected a little more people, but we are in a neighborhood where there are many offices and, therefore So much so, there is a lot of teleworking ".3.- "Customers respect the measurements well: they wear the mask, disinfect their hands before sitting down, distancing themselves ... I believe that in a short time the French will get used to these protocols to avoid another closure."YVES DELHOMMEAU, DIRECTOR OF MUSEUM GREVIN4.- "It is the first day of reopening after six months of closure, which has been very long. And yes, we are prepared to welcome people. We are very happy to do so and we want to make them live a beautiful day in this museum on today".5.- "We hope that Paris will revive and we wish to meet again with our visitors who come from abroad (Germans, Spaniards, of course ...) Europe needs to regain internal circulation".
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