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Added on the 09/07/2021 11:47:01 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Seven days after a massive strike, French teachers gathered on Thursday at the Place de la Sorbonne, in Paris, at the call of unions, to protest again against changing Covid-19 protocols in schools.
"Shops, certain cultural and sporting activities, and (cafe) terraces" could reopen "around mid-May" in France depending on the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, Prime Minister Jean Castex says. SOUNDBITE
Some French schools will reopen from May 11 in a decision that many mayors in the Paris region have criticised.
Elisabeth Borne, who helms France's new minority government, had her 90 minutes of speech interrupted by MPs who shouted back, banged on tribunes and even booed.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne holds a meeting on Covid-19 via videoconference with the prefects and directors of regional health agencies, as Europe currently experiences a seventh wave of the epidemic. IMAGES