Will bars and restaurants really reopen on May 15, 2021? As the date long awaited by many French people is fast approaching, disappointment may well be there. And for good reason. While many citizens enthusiastically hope to be able to enjoy sunny days on the terrace after more than a year punctuated by confinements and curfews, Bruno Le Maire prefers to play the card of caution. Guest on Jean-Jacques Bourdin’s show on BFMTV and RMC, on Wednesday April 14, 2021, the Minister of Economy and Finance warned listeners and viewers about their project for the summer.
“May 15 is one of the assumptions, but we follow the health evolution, the way the virus circulates and how we manage to limit its circulation and it is on this basis that decisions are made ”, he recalled. Thus, the much hoped-for reopening of catering establishments will only take place on “solid health bases” in order to secure “the customer and who then guarantee us that we are not forced to close again”.
Bruno Le Maire will not give a calendar
As for the preparation of this possible reopening, the minister underlined: “It means looking at the calendar, then looking at the different activities. It is not the same thing for a terrace restaurant or an indoor restaurant, a hotel, a bar, it is not necessarily the same situation. And then look at the health protocols which we accompany the reopening so that the reopening is successful “. A subject that he concluded by asserting that he would not give “calendar”.
For his part, Emmanuel Macron gave a horizon for the reopening of the so-called places “non-essential”. In his speech on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, he announced: “From mid-May, we will resume opening certain places of culture with strict rules, we will authorize under conditions the opening of terraces and we are going to build between mid-May and the beginning of summer, a calendar of gradual reopening for culture, sport, leisure, events and our cafes and restaurants “. To be continued …
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