All restaurants and cafes remain closed in France for eating in and the country this week began a new limited nationwide lockdown to deal with surging Covid-19 infections. The hashtag #OnVeutLesNoms (We Want the Names) went viral on Twitter, as speculation swirled over who may have attended such dinners. But deputy interior minister Marlene Schiappa told French TV that if ministers or lawmakers were involved “they should be fined and penalised like any other citizen”. @BFMTV #soiréesclandestines — Anne Saurat-Dubois (@annesaurat) April 4, 2021Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said those involved in such dinners should be prosecuted if the allegations in the report were true. “There are not two types of citizens — those who have the right to party and those who do not,” he said.

Source: The Local April 05, 2021 10:07 UTC