"
We are dying in total indifference
": about twenty nightclub managers chained themselves to the gates of the National Assembly on Tuesday to protest against the closure of nightclubs because of Covid-19 and to demand aid , noted an AFP journalist.
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“
We would like to be able to open like everyone else with a health protocol.
What we are asking is to work,
”Sylvie Cuesta, manager of the One Klub nightclub in Cavaillon (Vaucluse), has been closed since March 14, told AFP.
To access aid of 15,000 euros per month without excessively restrictive conditions, "
we are waiting for a decree that has still not been signed,
" she pointed out.
Behind a banner "
#jesuisdiscotheque
", a wrist attached to the gates of the Palais Bourbon, Matthieu Lebrun, owner of Milton in Saint-Lô (Manche) reproached the government "
for only making announcements
".
A large cordon of security forces surrounded the protesters in a calm atmosphere.
MoDem deputies Christophe Blanchet (Calvados) and LR Philippe Gosselin (Manche) came to support the demonstrators.
"
We are mobilized to demand clarifications and perhaps experiments
" with strict health protocols in green zones, said Mr. Blanchet.
“
They are closed for an indefinite period.
We do not know where we are going, while we allow private parties to be held, without any health checks
, ”underlined Philippe Gosselin.
About fifteen deputies from all sides then indicated during a press briefing that they would be mobilized on Thursday for the examination of the bill extending the possible restrictions on gatherings and travel in the face of the Covid-19 epidemic.
"
We are doing it to advance the file for discotheques and also young people
", argued Pascale Fontenel-Person (related LREM, Sarthe).
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On September 18, the ministry responsible for SMEs announced that aid to nightclubs, closed in France since March due to the coronavirus epidemic, would be extended by four months until the end of 2020.
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