France warns defiant restaurants as closure frustration mounts
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Paris (AFP)
The French government warned restaurant owners Monday that illicit openings would jeopardise their Covid-19 aid, as several defied the pandemic shutdown to serve meals in protest of a measure they say is increasingly untenable.
Cafes and restaurants have been ordered closed since October 30 to curb the outbreak, and cash-strapped owners fear it will be several months before they can get back to business as usual. All I m asking for is the right to work, said Stephane Turillon, a chef in Cusance, eastern France, who launched his campaign for a nationwide protest last month.