Measures that do not pass. While the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, announced Monday, December 27 a series of measures to curb the meteoric progression of the Omicron variant, professionals in several sectors directly affected by these restrictions fear they will no longer be able to work properly at the start of the year. 2022.
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The government has thus decided to tighten the screws on the consumption of food and drinks in public places. From next week, she “will be banned in all cinemas, theaters, sports facilities and public transport, including long distance”, said the Prime Minister during a press conference in Matignon. In addition, “consumption in bars and cafes will no longer be able to be done standing up, but only in a seated manner”, announced Jean Castex.
For the GNI, employers’ union of self-employed hotel and catering companies, prohibit consumption while standing, “returns, for the cafetiers, to a ban on working”, Franck Trouet, his spokesperson, told AFP, adding: State aid will be “essential”. “Our freedom to work normally is reduced more and more”, noted Roland Héguy, president of Umih, the main union in the hotel and restaurant industry, who asks “to all professionals, to follow the instructions to the letter to remain open”.
In the music sector, the announcement of the ban on standing concerts prompted the “despair”, according to Malika Seguineau, of Prodiss (national union of musical and variety shows). “It’s terrible. We weren’t consulted.”, she reacted to AFP. “I exchanged with producers concerned by tours: they will be canceled because there is no longer any availability for the year 2022 between all the dates postponed and the new shows”, she lamented.