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This cannot go on any longer.
"Bernard Marty, the president of the Union of trades and industries of the hotel trade (Umih), has only one word in his mouth:" reopening ".
According to
La Provence
, he calls all the restaurateurs of the Great South, from Toulouse to Menton by adding Corsica, to demonstrate in the Old Port of Marseille, on November 26 at 2 p.m., to ask the government to reopen the doors. cafes and restaurants.
The procession will therefore leave the port to reach the prefecture.
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We do not want to die, we want to reopen
, explains Bernard Marty to the Provencal daily.
If this continues, we will remain closed permanently.
"And the president of Umih to continue, criticizing the decisions of the government:"
We are talking about the launch of the winter season and the opening of ski resorts,
he continues.
And how will it be if the restaurants and bars at the resorts don't open?
You are going to have six to ten people who are going to meet in studios for dinner.
Where is the social distancing in this case?
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A strict protocol
The objective of the event is also to remind the government that restaurant owners have already implemented a protocol in their premises, a protocol that they are ready to modify if necessary.
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Before the second confinement, we had developed a very strict sanitary protocol in our establishments to adapt to the recommendations of the government, we are of course ready to review it, to adapt it once again
, continues Bernard Marty.
But we must be allowed to reopen, it's a question of survival. "