Unlike schools or hairdressers, restaurateurs will not reopen on May 11 ... Their very specific case will be studied on Friday morning at the Elysée Palace during a meeting scheduled at 10 a.m. with their representatives, Emmanuel Macron and the Minister of 'Economy Bruno Le Maire, whose conclusions are eagerly awaited. Because beyond the expected date of June 15 for the revival of their activity, professionals have financial and health demands.
"We need to know"
In particular, restaurateurs want to know how they will be able to reopen: will this be progressive, depending on the region or the size of the establishment? What rules should you follow?
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"I think we are all aware that we are a place of transmission, but now we need to know what investments are needed to deal with this reopening. We need to reassure our employees, to know how we will be able to restart, "says Nathalie Jaillon, owner of a small restaurant near Montpellier, who eagerly awaits answers to these questions.
"They would rather have a drink with each other at home"
Patron of a wine bar in Paris, Pierre Léandri also understands the need for barrier gestures, but remains very pessimistic about what follows: "If it is with Plexiglas between each table, if it is with a mask, Anyway, we’re dead. Would people come and have a drink with a mask and stay within a meter of their friends? No people, they would rather have a drink with each other at home! "
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He has just launched the movement "the revolt of the aprons" and fears that even a suppression of charges, which could be announced, is not enough to save them.
According to information from Europe 1, representatives of the profession will ask that operating losses be covered two-thirds by the State and insurance, a track that appeals to Bruno Le Maire, as well as the extension of measures of the State on the charges and partial unemployment, and a specific effort for the smallest structures on the subject of rents.