The French government has announced that it will drop its mask mandate on public transport, the one remaining place where it still exists . The rule will take effect from Monday, 16 May.
It was one of the final decisions of newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron's Council of Ministers on Wednesday—he will soon announce his new Prime Minister and new line up of government ministers that will carry him into his second term as president.that “wearing a mask remains recommended,” he added, but the rule is “no longer appropriate"—the rule was brought in almost two years ago to the day, on 11 May 2020, as the lockdowns were in full swing across European countries.
across France's neighbors. France, Spain, Italy and Germany, some of the biggest European travel guns, still have restrictions of some kind in place.