China News Service, March 15th. According to the Greek "China Greek Times" report, on March 14, local time, the National Public Health Organization of Greece announced that there were 1,626 new confirmed cases of new crowns in Greece in the past 24 hours, increasing the total to 221,147; new There were 53 deaths and a total of 7091 deaths.

Data map: Greece under the epidemic.

　　Recently, Greek catering entrepreneurs have jointly sent a letter to the Minister of Environment and Energy, requesting that electricity supply not be interrupted during the epidemic; in addition, recent survey data shows that the Greek economy is in a serious recession, and the recession in the fourth quarter of 2020 is twice the EU average. .

Catering entrepreneurs oppose power cuts

　　According to reports, many restaurants in Greece have recently written to the country’s Minister of Environment and Energy, Screkas, asking him to intervene in the power company to prevent the government from forcibly cutting off the restaurant’s power.

　　They pointed out in the letter: “During the pandemic, the catering association received a lot of complaints from catering practitioners about the power interruption in stores.”

　　Catering entrepreneurs said: “This government’s behavior limits the consumer potential of customers and has a negative impact on the otherwise difficult production situation. We are one of the most severely affected parts. So far, many catering personnel have lost Work, debt, and unemployment are rising. Simple subsidies don’t seem to be enough to really help companies withstand another financial crisis."

　　According to the report, they made the following proposals:

　　-During the epidemic, stop all power supply companies' power outages;

　　-All energy supply companies conduct special liquidation of restaurant bills payable;

　　-During the period when restaurants are closed under government orders, municipal fees will be deducted from all bills.

　　According to local businessmen, if the electricity supply to the store is not restored, the fixed-cost subsidy measures will not help.

Fixed costs include employee benefits, insurance premiums, energy, water supply, telecommunications, rent and other operating expenses.

The recession is twice the EU average

　　At the same time, the Greek economy is in trouble.

　　In terms of employment reduction, Greece fell by 1.5% in the fourth quarter of 2020, which was less than the EU average of 1.9%.

　　And despite the better-than-expected economic recession data in Greece, which dropped from the 10.5% volatility originally predicted to 8.2%, Greece is still the second most recessionary country in the Eurozone in the fourth quarter of 2020.

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the EU economy shrank by 4.6%, and the Eurozone shrank by 4.9%.

As a result, the recession rate in Greece is almost twice the EU average.

(Lin Jiahao)