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“This is a federal mockery”: Gastrosuisse criticizes federal councilor Ueli Maurer
The Federal Council deliberately accepts thousands of restaurant bankruptcies, criticizes the industry association. The 200 million francs that were spoken for difficult cases were far from enough.
Casimir Platzer, Chairman of Gastrosuisse, is angered by the statements of Finance Minister Ueli Maurer.
(ROM) The crown crisis is placing a heavy burden on the hotel industry. 100,000
Jobs are in danger of being lost, Gastrosuisse warns in a press release Wednesday night. The Federal Council, however, is ignoring this and knowingly accepts thousands of bankruptcies in the catering and hospitality industries, the industry association is disappointed.
Restaurateurs were particularly upset by the remarks by federal councilor Ueli Maurer. He did not beat around the bush at Wednesday’s press conference. Maurer said, among other things, that a structural adjustment in the catering and hotel industry is inevitable. “At the same time, Maurer fails to recognize that the crisis in the crown has long affected many companies that have managed well and invested sustainably, but whose reserves have now been depleted,” writes Gastrosuisse. It is a “mockery of the Federal Council” to say that bankruptcies in the hotel industry should be accepted.
Furthermore, the measures decided today by the Federal Council are incomprehensible and insufficient to prevent bankruptcies. 100,000 jobs remain at risk in the hotel industry.
The Federal Council today has the ordinance on emergency measures
regarding the Covid-19 epidemic for consultation
sent, whose entry into force is scheduled for early December 2020.
However, the responsibility has passed to the cantons, criticizes Gastrosuisse. Unlike in March, when the Federal Council called for quick and pragmatic relief measures and also created the legal basis for it. The Federal Council is giving absolutely no perspective to the industry and is rejecting urgently needed emergency aid, “criticizes Casimir Platzer, Chairman of Gastrosuisse.
perplexity and great disappointment prevail among the hosts.
Gastrosuisse Bund asks that the damage is not even greater
and cantons to act quickly. “The Federal Council must deliver on what it promised,” says the Gastrosuisse president. the
The measures must be implemented quickly and without bureaucracy. “And if it is necessary, it is necessary to add more”, emphasizes Platzer. The 200 million
Franks from the federal government, who are now in
The prospects were not close enough.
