• Coronavirus The rebellion of the hoteliers against the Government reaches the Justice: "We are all, from the great ones to those who have a chicken rotisserie"

The platform

La Hostelería de Todos

, which brings together about 1,000 hoteliers, has started the process with which it intends to claim 65 million from the Government in damages derived from the restrictions related to the pandemic.

The group is represented by the firm Cremades y Calvo-Sotelo, which has already presented the first 100 lawsuits and will continue to do so every week in blocks of 100 and 200, as explained by the firm's partner

Diego Solana

in statements collected by Efe.

Pepa Muñoz, president of the Federation of Cooks and Confectioners of Spain (Facyre) and chef and owner of 'Qüenco de Pepa', recently regretted having had to hold on "

until we have not held on

."

In addition, he acknowledges that he understands the measures taken by the Government, but considers that they should have been accompanied by aid.

"If we have to close, it closes; health and lives come first, but if they close us they have to help us."

The 65 million they claim in these lawsuits correspond to 65% of the difference of what they have billed in 2020 with respect to the average of the income in the previous three years.

In any case, they hope not to have to reach the Supreme Court, but to reach an agreement with the Government.

"Instead of waiting for the ruling of the Supreme Court, the Government could

grant public aid

as other countries of the European Union are giving so that hoteliers can survive this crisis and be a motor of economic recovery," said Solana, referring to to the measures that have been taken in countries like France and Germany.

As Solana explained, the legal basis on which his argument is based is found in the law itself that regulates the State of Alarm, which includes the right of affected persons to be compensated for the administrative actions that are issued.

Among the 1,000 hoteliers there are all kinds of businessmen and establishments from all over Spain.

As Muñoz summed up, "here we are all, from the grown-ups to the one with the tavern or the chicken rotisserie."

Begoña Fraire

, owner and chef of the Étimo restaurant,

also spoke on behalf of the affected

restaurants.

In his opinion, the beginning of 2021 also puts the restaurant sector at risk: "there are many people who close and others are seriously injured and they will not last more than two months."

The one on the La Hostelería de Todos platform is not the only one of the movements in this sense;

In the Basque Country, some 800 establishments, including the

Arzak restaurant in San Sebastián

, are also preparing lawsuits against the Basque Government to claim the losses they experienced when they closed their doors.

On the other hand, it cannot be said that it is a new claim: in May 2020, about 200 chefs, some of them with Michelin stars, demonstrated in Madrid to claim the importance of the sector.

And, as Muñoz points out, the lawsuits had been in the works since August 2020.

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