France Lifts Restrictions, Allows Travel

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a number of coronavirus restrictions were being lifted in the country which will allow cafes and restaurants to reopen across the country as well as, travel to other European countries. Macron said that with the exception of Mayotte and French Guiana, the entire map of France will go green, including Ile-de-France, the great Paris region. He said France had won its “first victory” but he warned the virus could return. “As soon as tomorrow, we will be able to turn the page on this first chapter across all our territory. “In France and overseas, nurseries, schools, colleges will prepare to welcome, from June 22, all students, in a compulsory manner and according to normal attendance rules,” Macron noted.