You will have to be patient before enjoying winter sports.
The ski lifts of the ski resorts will remain closed in February, without a reopening date having been set, announced Monday Matignon after a meeting between Prime Minister Jean Castex and the actors of the mountain.
"The evolution of the health situation does not allow us at this stage to reopen the ski lifts", explained the entourage of Jean Castex, noting that there was "no tendency to general reopening" in other European countries.
Assistance for mountain activities
Deprived of income, ski equipment shops and related activities, upstream of the mountain economy, will be eligible for aid paid by the Solidarity Fund and that of the Tourism plan, to overcome the "unprecedented shock" of the health crisis, added Matignon.
Companies engaged in "engineering, carpentry, or even the manufacture of ski lifts" will thus be able to benefit in particular from the support of the Solidarity Fund.
This fund pays compensation of 20% of turnover, up to a limit of 200,000 euros, to companies indirectly affected by administrative closures, if they have lost 70% of their turnover.
To protest against this closure, seasonal workers had led a punch action this Monday morning.
More than a hundred seasonal workers have installed a filter dam on the A43 at the access to the Fréjus tunnel, in Savoie, to request the opening of the ski lifts and more aid for a mountain economy. stopped.
VIDEO. Closure of ski lifts: the Fréjus tunnel blocked by demonstrators