The Minister of the Economy Guy Parmelin plans to reopen restaurants soon. It also recalls that the aid granted by the Confederation is emergency aid. The sectors which can reopen will therefore have to do without them quickly.
“I do not rule out that restaurants may reopen in a few weeks perhaps,” said Guy Parmelin in an interview with “Le Matin Dimanche” and the “SonntagsZeitung”. “It depends on the evolution of the situation,” he adds. The Vaudois specifies that the situation is constantly assessed and that the Federal Council can “carry out a detailed assessment at each of its weekly sessions”.
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Asked if the 60 billion federal aid planned will be enough, the federal adviser explained that it will depend on how much we can work more or less normally during the summer. He stresses that this aid is emergency aid and must not “become a lazy pillow”. The sectors or branches which are emerging from isolation or can reopen must therefore quickly give up short-time working and federal aid, he believes.
Silent on a possible test
Guy Parmelin acknowledges that all losses can never be covered by federal amortization measures, but points out that these measures cannot be maintained for an indefinite period. “These 60 billion are a huge sum and money does not fall from the sky. We cannot impose excessive debts on future generations, ”he said.
As for companies that resort to partial unemployment while continuing to pay dividends, the Vaudois believes that they must exercise restraint. “This is a bad sign,” he notes, while recalling that the Federal Council has not taken a decision on this matter. Asked if he had to be tested because of a suspicion of contagion, Federal Councilor UDC replied that he did not want to talk about it. “It’s very intimate,” he says. (ats / nxp)
Created: 19.04.2020, 04h37
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