エリゼ宮でテクノパーティー　マクロン氏、コロナ前の行事復活

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】フランスのエマニュエル・マクロン大統領は２１日、新型コロナウイルス流行前の行事を復活させ、ソーシャル・ディスタンシング（対人距離の確保）を実施したエリゼ宮（大統領府）でのテクノパーティーに音楽ファンを招待した。（写真は仏パリのエリゼ宮＜大統領府＞の中庭で行われた音楽祭の日のイベントで、ミュージシャンのイレーネ・ドレーゼルさんの演奏を楽しむ聴衆）
　フランスでは毎年、６月２１日の夏至の日が音楽祭の日とされ、あらゆる音楽をたたえる大規模なストリートパーティーが行われる。昨年は新型コロナ流行の影響で、各地のパーティーは開催こそされたが規模は控えめだった。
　今年は政府が前日、新型コロナ関連規制を段階的に解除する最後のステップとして、午後１１時以降の夜間外出禁止令を解除。感染者数が過去約１年間の最低水準に減ったタイミングで、国を挙げてのパーティーモードに突入している。悪天候のためにイベントが中止された都市もあったが、それにめげない人々もいた。
　エリゼ宮での過去のパーティーでは、マクロン大統領と妻のブリジット氏が積極的にダンスに参加していたが、今回、参加者は席に座ったまま距離を保つよう求められ、足を踏み鳴らすだけで満足するしかなかった。
　また、音楽祭の日に合わせ、政府は１年３か月にわたって閉鎖されていたナイトクラブを７月９日に再開すると発表した。ただし、入店する人は、新型コロナワクチンの接種を完全に終えているか、ＰＣＲ検査で問題がないか、または既感染者であることを示す証明書を提示しなければならない。
　アラン・グリゼ中小企業担当相は、クラブではマスク着用は義務付けないが、入店可能人数は定員の７５％に制限されると述べた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/06/22-13:49）

French President Emmanuel Macron invited music fans to a socially distanced techno party at the presidential palace on Monday, reviving a pre-Covid event to mark the country's annual street music festival.
France celebrates music in all its forms with a giant street party on June 21.
In 2018, Macron began throwing open the cobbled courtyard of the Elysee Palace to dance fans on that day, with a gig featuring stars from France's electro scene.
This year's Fete de la Musique comes a day after the government scrapped an 11:00 pm curfew, one of the last steps in a phased lifting of Covid restrictions.
Last year's festivities went ahead but were muted because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Now, with the number of infections at their lowest level in nearly a year the country is in party mode once more.
While bad weather put a dampener on events in some cities, more hardy souls were undeterred.
Seeing people, their smiles, it feels good, said Laure, 40, who had taken her two nine-year-old children to a show despite the drizzling rain in the northwestern port city of Brest.
We heard there were mini-concerts and we went out wanting to relax and enjoy ourselves.
- Jarre, Cerrone honoured -
Groups of musicians from classical to rock played at pop-up events across the French capital, adding a new layer of life to the slowly reopening Parisian social scene.
Just days after the tennis open, centre court at Roland-Garros played host to around 40 artists, including Patrick Bruel, Vianney and Kendji Girac, performing in front of 4,000 seated and masked spectators.
Crooners gave way to dance tunes at the presidential palace, with French electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre and 1970s disco king Cerrone headlining the concert in the courtyard where Macron normally greets visiting heads of state.
Macron conferred Legion of Honour decorations on both musicians.
Jarre dedicated the award to the whole electronic music family, the DJs... the technicians who have really suffered during the pandemic.
In contrast to previous editions, where Macron and his wife Brigitte have gamely joined in the dancing, concertgoers had to content themselves with tapping their feet.
Attendees were asked to remain seated and social distancing will be observed.
To mark this year's festival, the government announced that nightclubs, which have been closed for 15 months, will reopen on July 9.
Clubbers will have to present a new health pass showing they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, have a clean PCR test or have already had the virus.
Masks will not be obligatory in clubs, which will only be allowed to operate at 75 percent of their capacity, Alain Griset, the minister in charge of small businesses, said.
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