Nine mayors of Grand Paris-Grand Est, an inter-municipal structure, are taking legal action against the decree on the closure of bars and restaurants, which, according to them, constitutes "an
additional administrative inconsistency with serious consequences
", reported Tuesday, December 1 our colleagues from France Bleu Paris.
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Of the fourteen municipalities of Grand Paris-Grand Est, nine have undertaken this joint action.
These are Gagny, Coubron, Gournay-sur-Marne, Montfermeil, Villemomble, Rosny-sous-Bois, Neuilly-Plaisance, Neuilly-sur-Marne and Noisy-le-Grand.
The mayors of these cities of Seine-Saint-Denis have filed a summary to demand the “
immediate
”
reopening
of restaurants and drinking establishments and are attacking the decree of November 27 concerning their closure.
"
Irrecoverable loss of revenue
"
“
We cannot admit this situation, when at the same time, company restaurants remain open.
One more administrative inconsistency, with serious consequences.
Moreover, no scientific study indicates that these are places of contamination.
Each day that passes constitutes an irrecoverable loss of revenue for all the establishments concerned.
Every day that passes brings in a number of increasingly important bankruptcy
"
,
they wrote in a statement.
Elected officials believe that one in two restaurants "
could permanently close because of the measures imposed
".
Emmanuel Macron said on November 24 that restaurants will be able to reopen from January 20 if sanitary conditions allow.
But no date has been set for the bars.
