President Macron and Jean Castex, the prime minister, dine in Paris on the day of reopeningPresident Macron led his ministers to breakfast in the sun today as service resumed on restaurant, bar and café terraces for the first time since the autumn. In a carefully stage-managed exercise designed to illustrate the opening of France, Macron had an espresso with Jean Castex, his prime minister, at a café in rue Miromesnil near the Elysée. Bruno Le Maire, his economy minister, followed the presidential example, and was photographed reading L’Equipe, the sports daily, at another café. SponsoredAt least five other cabinet members also had breakfast under the glare of flashbulbs on the day when cinemas and cultural institutions reopened and the national curfew was pushed from 7pm to 9pm. The fates seemed to smile on the head of state, with

Source: The Times May 19, 2021 10:52 UTC