Restaurants will not reopen on January 20.
Will the long-awaited deadline be pushed back to February?
Or the following month, as March 14 approaches, the anniversary of their closure ordered by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe?
On the eve of Jean Castex's intervention, catering professionals had no certainty.
But the uncertain evolution of the health situation has something to make them pessimistic.
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Already closed for five months in 2020, restaurateurs are in despair.
Willy-nilly, a number have adapted to the closure of their rooms, developing take-out and home delivery.
But these are only a stopgap.
The more months go by, the more the survival of their establishments depends only on government support.
Since the start of the crisis, the state has been there to help them.
But Emmanuel Macron's promise of “zero revenue, zero charge” has not been kept.
Despite a massive support plan (100% coverage
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