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Now playing Next France French ski resorts to open at Christmas but lifts will remain closed French stations ski were taken aback by Presidential Macron ruling out their reopening for Christmas, but they still hope to be able to convince the government to change its mind. 26/11/2020
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Now playing Next World French shops to open; Spain's rule of six and Germany's mini-amnesty President Emmanuel Macron has said France will start to ease its strict national lockdown with the reopening of shops. In Spain government is to propose a somewhat different Christmas and New Year celebrations. According to draft proposals authorties plan to limit gatherings to six people in total. 25/11/2020