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Ordering food, a glass of wine with it - and all of that in a restaurant: It's hard to imagine at the moment.
In France there is therefore excitement over the protest action by a pub in Nice.
Contrary to all corona restrictions, the restaurant opened and received dozens of guests for lunch on Wednesday, as several media reported.
“I can no longer bear to see my empty terrace.
That's my resistance, ”the regional newspaper“ Nice Matin ”quoted the operator as saying.
Restaurants in France have been closed since the end of October, the corona situation in the country is very tense.
Photos and videos showed how numerous people ate together on the covered terrace.
"Freedom," the owner called out while serving the food.
"It was clearly a militant action," the newspaper "Le Parisien" quoted Benoît Huber, the prefect's chief of staff.
To prevent the situation from escalating, the police largely did not intervene.
However, the prefecture announced that anyone who could be identified would be fined.
The restaurant operator was taken into police custody on Wednesday evening, as was a cook.
It is a foreigner working illegally there, according to the prefecture.
According to reports, the operator was initially taken into custody as a result.
Guests at "Le Poppies" in Nice having lunch after the restaurant reopened
Source: REUTERS
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The outrage over the behavior of the restaurant owner is great in France.
Nice's mayor Christian Estrosi criticized the “irresponsibility of this restaurateur and his customers”.
Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Economy, Alain Griset, said: "However, this type of behavior is irresponsible and disrespectful in the health context."
Recently it happened again and again that individual restaurants had announced that they would open despite the ban.
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