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The bars and nightclubs of the Community of Madrid want to turn the neon lights back on after almost 15 months with the closures lowered. The sector has presented to the Government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso a

"safe, responsible and sensible"

activity recovery plan

that in a first phase would apply the Andalusian model, that is, opening until two in the morning and the recovery of the dance floor with security measures.

"What we are proposing is a

progressive de-escalation

so that the schedules respond to the abolition of the curfew," argues Vicente Pizcueta, spokesman for Noche Madrid. "All weekend we are seeing the mess of

macrobotellones

, illegal parties,

raves

... And what can not be is that

lateros

and 24 -

hour shops are being providers alcohol at night while sites regulated we are closed, "he adds.

The sector has its hopes placed on the Covid Digital Certificate of the European Union, which, as announced by the Government of Spain, will enter into force

from July 1

. It is a document that, by means of a QR code, will provide information on whether its holder is vaccinated, has had the disease generating antibodies or has a negative PCR result.

"We do not want to be ahead of events, but

we no longer have room for maneuver

to stay in

stand by,

" says Pizcueta, also optimistic about the advance in immunization, which now reaches 16% of the population in the region, and the decrease in infections after the end of the state of alarm. "It is clear that the summer season in Madrid is not the most relevant, but we want to transmit a message of confidence so that people know that the

rentrée

in the month of September will be done with total normality," he adds.

Since October, Madrid nightclubs and bars can open as restaurants with tables, but not carry out their main activity, which in practice has meant that

at least 40% of businesses remain closed

. In addition to an extended schedule -now they have to turn off the light at 00.00 hours like the hospitality industry-, they demand the recovery of the dance floor, even with restrictions, such as perimeter enclosure, limited capacity and the mandatory use of a mask.

In Noche Madrid they consider that it is

a feasible solution if it is done in a "controlled manner"

even though it involves "an effort and a responsibility" that many businessmen "say is not their responsibility, because they are not policemen."

Even so, the organization's spokesperson believes that it is the only way to "save" one of the sectors most affected by the coronavirus crisis.

Restrictions

The nightlife establishments reopened in Madrid with many limitations in mid-July within the de-escalation plan after the first state of alarm.

Just a month later, the Ministry of Health, before the start of the second wave, again decreed the closure of an activity that before the pandemic had 1,600 companies in the region that employed

more than 10,000 people

.

Pizcueta argues that since April 9, different autonomous communities have begun to lift the restrictions "at their own pace" and calls on the Ayuso Government to "regain that leadership of making the fight against the disease and the defense of the economic compatible" because it has already there are "scientific and health resources to have an ad hoc solution" for each sector. In the Ministry of Health they point out that

new flexibilization measures

could be

announced

this Friday

, but without specifying which ones.

"The hand is being opened because the level of contagion is low and our sector cannot be the one that stays there

paying the price that we still do not have to relax,"

adds the spokesman for Noche Madrid.

"If we have to apply restrictions, we will do so, but we want to be able to work now, we cannot be sacrificed any longer," he concludes.

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