The government trying a new tack. A 9pm to 6am curfew for nine French metropolitan areas including Paris. The idea this time, to keep schools open, to keep businesses open, to allow the French to travel for the fall recess holidays. It is hard to be 20 in 2020 said the French president in his remarks Wednesday evening. Emmanuel Macron who made it crystal clear that the curfew concept was indeed aimed at young people.