Posted on 02/01/2021 5:07:50 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Paris (AFP) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire warned restaurant owners Monday that they risked losing Covid-19 financial aid if they open in defiance of the pandemic shutdown, following calls to protest and serve clients.
Angry owners say their livelihoods are at risk since the closures were ordered on October 30, with little prospect of a return to business as usual anytime soon.
Several chefs and thousands of people have already backed a call by Stephane Turillon, a chef in eastern France, for restaurants to open for protest meals on Monday.
On Saturday, police in Paris said they discovered 24 restaurants operating illicitly on Thursday and Friday, and warned they would step up controls.
The Parisien newspaper reported Monday that one restaurant shut down on Friday was serving judges who worked at the nearby appeals court on the Ile de la Cite, just opposite from the Paris police headquarters.
Le Maire said owners caught serving clients would see their Covid solidarity funds suspended for a month, "and if they do it again, they won't get any more at all".
Restaurants and other businesses that have been forced to close during the health crisis can receive up to 10,000 euros ($12,000) a month, or compensation equal to 20 percent of their revenues from 2019, capped at 200,000 per month.
But many owners say the money is not enough to make up for lost sales as they have to keep paying rent.
(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...
Socialist math. I guess in their dystopia books don't balance, profits and losses don't matter. The state - which produces nothing - provides for everyone.
My dad tells me of several restaurants that have opened in Washington state in defiance of Kommissar Inslee’s diktat.
He told me he spoke with one owner. The guy said “We had to open. we have an $1100 rent payment each month, not to mention the wages for our employees, some of whom are single moms with young kids. We’ll stay open until the health department shows up and shuts us down. If they do, I’m closing here for good and moving over the border into Idaho. We’ll try to re-open there.”
So far over 2000 businesses folded/closed - no counting on how many people went bankrupt, lost their house, car, etc. because 1500 people died of the Wuhan virus - our population is around 7.5 million.
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