While businesses are preparing to reopen on Saturday, restaurant owners are still waiting for the green light from the government.
Authorization which will not be given before at least January 20.
Thursday in Marseille, restaurant owners demonstrated, between anger and despair.
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Traders know what to expect, restaurant owners do not.
They will still have to wait at least until January 20 before considering a reopening, which will only take place if the health situation facing the Covid-19 allows it, said Jean Castex.
Thursday in Marseille, dozens of professionals in the sector once again expressed their anger at a pending future.
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"After 20 years of work, everything I had put aside is gone. There is no cash so we take everything from the savings. I made a loan of 100,000 euros, which went into the payment of rents, "says Jacques, who says he is" practically ruined ".
In addition to local restaurateurs, managers had come from Béziers, Nice and Hautes-Alpes to add to the procession.
"Where will my staff end up? On the street?"
On her sign, Sandra wrote her "card" of the day.
"On the menu, everything our dear Manu announces to us: taxes and unemployment. Hope, unfortunately, we don't have much."
In the ranks, anger and despair are growing a little more every day.
"We respect the distance, install separations. If we have to do a little more, we can do it. But we must stop taking ourselves for idiots. And my staff? They can no longer work, my staff. Where are you going to end up in the street? ", gets carried away Jacques Mestre, president of the UMIH (Union of trades and hospitality industries) of the Héraut.
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A sense of urgency coupled with a great distrust of the government.
In the procession, no one believes in a possible reopening in January.
Perhaps with good reason: according to information from Europe 1, it would not be considered before February 1.