"Not respecting the law is the simplest thing but it brings less results
, it's fine for those who want to exploit the desperation of the category, despair that we understand very well and we share".
This is how Robeto Calugi, general manager of Fipe Confcommercio comments with ANSA on the announced protest of tonight's restaurateurs.
This is a mistake for 2 reasons, he explains "because it exposes operators to important risks with criminal complaints and because it is a boomerang with someone who could make it easy to use it to attribute something to the category".
"With sensational protests important problems are not solved but concrete proposals are needed".
Thus the director of Fipe Confcommercio, Roberto Calugi, announcing that on
Monday in the meeting of the sector associations with Minister Patuanelli, we will present "a plan to restart".
This is, he explains, "a document shared with Confesercenti in which we will ask to seriously intervene on the subject of rents; on the refreshments that must be calculated on an annual basis; on the problem of liquidity: concrete, operational and technical proposals with a regulatory dignity that can be found immediate acceptance in the Dl Ristori 5. And we will also ask to be sure that under tourism the Recovery includes the whole sector of public establishments, catering and entertainment ".
"We certainly understand the discomfort of the category because we are all operators but
things change by respecting the law: it is not by breaking it that results are obtained" So at ANSA the president of Fiepet Confesercenti, Giancarlo Banchieri
comments on the protest of some restaurateurs who have decided to keep the premises open in the evening.
"On Monday we will see Minister Patuanelli and ask for 3 things: a precise time schedule for reopening, consistent and fast refreshments and a reduction in structural costs, even after at least for a period: in particular to lower the cost of labor a little, under the contribution profile "
FOGGIA
- They will sit at the tables of a restaurant to demonstrate how, respecting all the anti-contagion measures from Covid, it is possible to remain open to the public even in the evening hours until 22. It is the flashmob organized in the afternoon in Foggia by 50 owners of bars, restaurants and pizzerias in the city that have formed the Arb-Association of restaurateurs and bartenders, after the protests of last December 7 against the passage of 20 Apulian municipalities from the yellow zone to the orange zone by an order of the governor Michele Emiliano.
"Today's will be a form of peaceful protest to ask the central government to extend table service even in the evening hours in the premises that fall within the yellow zones until the curfew scheduled for 10pm - explains a delegation of Foggia restaurateurs -. we will symbolically sit at the tables, there will be no administration but we will demonstrate how, by guaranteeing distancing and all the anti-contagion rules, we can work even in the evening. Our goal is to be able to stay open while protecting public health in all forms "
MILAN -
The protest of Italian restaurateurs also arrives at Don Lisander in Milan, a historic restaurant in the very central Via Manzoni that has been open since 1947. "I open" reads a sign displayed at the entrance to the shop, but for today it is a symbolic opening with lights on, tables prepared, but the kitchen closed, while from tomorrow the restaurant will be open to customers for lunch and dinner and reservations are already registered.
"People can't take it anymore, they want to go out - said Stefano Marazzato, owner of the restaurant -.
They have to explain to me why you can go to the motorway restaurant and not to the restaurant
. We are crowded into the post office or supermarket, but the premises must remain closed. ".
The restaurant owner's request is to understand why "some categories must be massacred and considered responsible for a pandemic, when pockets of privilege are created that can continue to receive salary".
From tomorrow, therefore, Don Lisander will be open: "I have joined with pleasure the initiative" I open ". The time has come to show that the entire hospitality sector must be taken into consideration correctly. the sector to be penalized to stem the virus, because the facts deny the decisions taken by the government ", continued Marazzato.
"By opening I can guarantee compensation to my employees and also to suppliers. Blocking the hospitality sector means stopping a quarter of the Italian GDP".
The owner of Don Lisander was also joined by Monica Brioschi and Marco Fuzier, from the Boeucc restaurant: "We don't open because our structure is very large and it is a demanding expense, but we support Stefano 100%" they said.
"We are committed to our customers who are very business and with smart working the user base has decreased by 80%: it is difficult to make numbers like this. Let's go to the support of colleagues and we will see what happens'.
TURIN -
"We remain closed, it is little but safe".
The owners of a bar in Piazza Savoia, in Turin, have no intention of joining the 'I stay open' protest launched nationally in view of the new Dpcm which decrees a ban on take-away from 6pm for places that do not cook .
A tam tam that was triggered through social media but which is not convincing under the Mole, as confirmed by the premises of via Garibaldi.
"We will close at 6 pm as established - the traders say - because the risk of being fined or closing at the hands of the police would cause me further damage".
Six months ago there was anger among restaurateurs, now the feeling is one of expectation and resignation: "Getting angry and cursing is a luxury that I can't afford anymore", explains the owner of a well-known restaurant-pizzeria in via Verdi, in the center where the owner has decided to serve only pizzas and no longer cook.
"Given the situation we were forced to take this decision and reluctantly reduce the staff, but too many decisions that change while we still have to recover from the first lockdown".
Those who protest against the Dpcm, such as the Tricolor Masks, through social networks invite the restaurateurs who adhere to 'I stay open' to report the address of the restaurant for those who want to consume disobeying.
Even in Vanchiglia, where restaurateurs have often made the voice of their dissent heard, they confirm that they will not remain open: "We will choose other forms of protest that do not worsen our already precarious situation".