Wedding planner Elodie Villemus.

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Christophe Chevalin - TF1

Elodie Villemus gives the government a bad rating.

The wedding planner who decides between the couples competing in

4 weddings for 1 honeymoon

on TF1 contacted

20 Minutes

this Friday to sound the alarm.

While the health crisis continues, she is worried about her profession, the reality of which, according to her, is not sufficiently taken into consideration by the State.

“We are the forgotten ones whereas the events organization is, after tourism, the most affected sector,” she says.

In my field, private events, the situation is serious.

A congress, a seminar, it takes three to six months to prepare.

We weddings are from one season to the next.

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The latest government announcements, with the prospect of not seeing “festive events in rooms for rent” authorized anytime soon, make the

wedding planner

fear the worst for the 2021 season

… “We have lost a lot of our turnover. business, several companies could go out of business.

We risk not signing a contract before the summer or the next school year, for 2022. How are we going to hold on?

»Asks Elodie Villemus.

A protocol would be under development

"Today, aid has increased, that's good, but 1,500 euros ... We have no exemptions from charges, we have nothing to live decently," she continues.

This little-known industry is in total perdition.

We had to fight to bring professions such as photographers and florists into this solidarity fund, because the State had not seen fit to link them to our industry.

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A member of the Union of Solidarity Professionals in Events (UPSE), Elodie Villemus argues that a health protocol is being developed.

It should be proposed to the government within fifteen days to "give guarantees in terms of health security."

"The plan would be based in particular on" antigenic tests, the disinfection of reception areas, the directions of movement ".

And the figure of the TF1 show concludes: "It works in supermarkets which welcome thousands of people a day, for what reasons would we not manage to do it in a marriage?

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