After explaining on Europe 1 to the Minister in charge of SMEs, Alain Griset, that she refused to close her bookstore despite the re-containment, Florence Kammerman received several visits from the police.
On our antenna this Monday, this shopkeeper says that the police even mentioned a "police custody" in addition to an administrative closure.
TESTIMONY
She's a rebellious bookseller who refuses to lower the curtain.
Last Tuesday, during a special edition "SOS small businesses" on Europe 1 in the presence of the minister in charge of SMEs Alain Griset, Florence Kammerman is on our antenna.
The manager of the bookstore "Autour du Livre" in Cannes, in the Alpes Maritimes, explains refusing to close her business despite the rules in force during this reconfinement.
The minister then tells her that she risks an administrative closure.
And in fact, the shopkeeper has since received a visit from the police on several occasions.
They even mentioned the possibility of "police custody".
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A disobedience "in soul and conscience"
The day after her conversation with the minister live on Europe 1, Florence Kammerman saw the police enter her bookstore twice, "once at 11 am and another at 4 pm".
The police then asked her if she was aware of the legislation.
The bookseller says that she answered them in the affirmative, specifying that she "disobeyed in her soul and conscience" while "scrupulously respecting" the barrier gestures.
"On 100m², I receive three to four people with hand washing, mask etc ..."
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"They even told me about police custody"
But it is this Monday that "the tone goes up a notch", with a new visit from the police.
"I was told it was the last stop before the administrative closure and I was even told about police custody."
An incomprehensible violence for Florence Kammerman.
"I wonder if the government understands the importance of culture. We are all appalled to see that it is attacking a bookstore. We don't sell drugs!"
Faced with these pressures, the bookseller, aware that "this affair has become a symbol", leaves herself a "night of reflection" to decide whether to give in and lower the curtain.
"I am going to consult my lawyer, relatives, my son who is a law student ... My companion and I will announce our position tomorrow [Tuesday] on this obligation to close."