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The restaurant industry is desperate. Since the last tightening of crown measures by the Federal Council, there has been a pickling blockade in the country. Restaurants can only remain open in cantons where the epidemiological situation allows it. Theoretically. Since December 27, with very few exceptions in French-speaking Switzerland, restaurants throughout Switzerland have been closed.
Now the well-known Zurich restaurateur Rudi Bindella (72) is also turning to the Federal Council for help. In full-page ads that he placed in various Sunday newspapers, they raise awareness of the government. “How would you feel if three months of salary were missing in such a short time?”, He asks in the open letter to that son Rudi Bindella jr. (43) co-signed, rhetorically. And he continues: «The protection of health is paramount, we respect it. A healthy population also needs a healthy economy. “
“Measures too unilateral and disproportionate”
Bindellas writes to the Federal Council on behalf of the entire industry. “We consider that these measures are too unilateral and disproportionate,” he criticizes. After all, only about three percent of infections would occur in the restaurant industry.
Gastrosuisse Chairman Casimir Platzer (58) is also pleased to make this argument. However, it should be noted that in more than half of the cases the site of infection is unknown, the risk of infection in restaurants could be much higher.
No rescue plan for restaurants
Gastrokönig Bindella and his son also criticize the fact that it is not yet clear how the federal government is helping restorers. An industry solution has failed in parliament and the Federal Council has yet to come up with a concrete alternative plan on how to compensate for the closure of the restaurant sector.
Gastrosuisse is calling for the eligibility for hardship payments to be relaxed so that restaurants can quickly receive A-fonds-perdu contributions. In many cantons, however, it will take months for beneficiaries to receive benefits for difficult living conditions. The president of the association, Platzer, expects that the closure of the restaurant will cause economic damage of almost 2.5 billion Swiss francs. (lha)
