Rebels and communists wish to limit the risks of consumption to Covid-19 during public meetings, which escape the gauges.
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The parties are getting in order for a presidential campaign disrupted by the Covid-19. Insubordinate France just like the French Communist Party will distribute FFP2 masks for their candidate’s meetings, considered more protective than surgical masks – but more expensive – while the PCF, LR and LREM will ask for a health pass and apply gauges.
“In view of the evolution of the health situation”, Insubordinate France has decided to provide during its public meetings an FFP2 mask which “divides by 100 the potential risk of contamination compared to traditional masks”, according to a statement from the movement published Friday, December 31. This initiative will apply “from the next meeting of Jean-Luc Mélenchon scheduled for Nantes on January 16, 2022”, specifies its campaign manager Manuel Bompard.
“We will distribute an FFP2 mask to each person who will attend our meetings”
Fabien Roussel, national secretary of the PCFon TF1
While neither vaccine pass nor gauge will be mandatory for campaign meetings, the Communist candidate will also ask participants to present “proof of being vaccinated or proof of having been tested before”. They must also maintain a safety distance.
For her part, the LR candidate Valérie Pécresse will apply for her meetings the gauges imposed on all other gatherings, explained Friday the deputy Eric Ciotti, specifying that the vaccine pass would also be requested. “It is a point of equity. There is no question that we impose a gauge on shows and that political meetings do not respect this framework”, he insisted.
By announcing Monday limitations for gatherings – 2,000 people maximum indoors and 5,000 outdoors – Prime Minister Jean Castex recalled that the French Constitution did not allow the setting of gauges, nor the imposition of a health or vaccination pass. , political meetings and places of worship.