People who don't like French rules can just go home. Oh, that's right -- you can't.

I admit that I find it a bit strange that people would complain about a document that gives them personal responsibility instead of putting all of the power in the hands of the government. It's almost as though some of you would prefer 1) no control at all over going outside or 2) you actually want to be ordered to go to a police station or something to get a permission slip.

Living in Paris, I confess that I am still seeing far too many people in the street, but it is already much better than yesterday. And I hope that tomorrow will be better than today, even if it takes giving a lot of people fines.

Makes sense to me. It makes a person think.....do I really need to go out......I'm doing that in the UK but it is a nice piece of nudge technology.

Wow!

I see fines have been issued and will be higher from today and going up again soon.
I think we may end up with the same thing here sooner or later.

An internet friend was overwintering in Portugal and had been stuck for a while with her camper but has now been issued documentation allowing her to get home provided she takes the fastest, most direct route. As a solo camper user she will have to stop somewhere along the way for a break or two.
The Portuguese campsite where she was didn't charge her to stay there once the border was closed, and have given her some food, which they won't use now, to get her on her way. They said they hope to survive the year and to see her next winnter again!
She is hoping the French motorway thieves will also be under lockdown so she can at least park up along the motorways for a sleep in relative safely.
Once home she has to self isolate for two weeks. her neighbours have offered to shop for her.

Long distance truck drivers in France were about to revolt because the toilets and showers were closed as well as the autoroute restaurants. The government has now had the toilet and showers reopened for them and also some places to get food. If the truckers can no longer bring us all of the things we need, it will be the end of civilization.

https://www.france24.com/en/20200318...virus-lockdown

Thanks StC very interesting

<<I offered to print out two forms and take them to our Canadian neighbors, who do not speak or read much French, and they are insisting that because one of the bullet points is "Déplacements brefs, à proximité du domicile, liés à l'activité physique individuelle" they can go out and do anything they want. Clearly, they don't know what a dérogation is, or can't decipher what activité physique individuelle might mean, or both. Since we're going to see them soon anyway, I'm going to bring them the forms and explain.>>

Mon dieu.

A small town newspaper did a brief article, along with a short video, about the first day of enforcement. I noticed the three gendarmes had picked one of the quietest streets in town to do their checks.

Many of the regional newspapers as well as Le Parisien are publishing a blank form every day that people can clip out if they don't have a printer.

Great idea

In the UK, just about all the over 70s are home-based now. Our local town has four organisations arranging home food supply, the local stores (excluding supermarkets) are moving to home delivery of bread/meals/coffee etc at zero cost to transport. Supermarket delivery systems are overwhelmed in the short term though beginning to recover. Our postman delivered goods to us and left the mail outside the front door to reduce doorknob contact. Roads are relatively quiet. Schools stop on Friday.

London restaurants worry everyone but miles away from us.

The US Embassy has published an English language version of the form:

Attestation-English-Aid.pdf

kerouac....will the hand clapping at 8:00 happen again this evening????

Yes, it will take place every night until further notice.

Thank you! I will be sure to be at my window clapping my hands.

You're also welcome to clap hands at 12:00 noon for the Belgian hospital staff and all other caregivers who are giving their best during this Covit-19 crisis.