Outrage in Spain over suggestion of earlier closing times for restaurants

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Spain's Minister of Labour, Yolanda Díaz, suggested earlier closing times for restaurants sparking widespread outrage. Díaz said the current timings are out of step with the rest of Europe.

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00:00 Spain's Minister of Labour, Yolanda Díaz, is causing outrage over the suggestion that

00:06 restaurants close earlier.

00:08 Díaz is pushing for shorter work weeks and said the current timings are out of step with

00:13 the rest of Europe.

00:14 She proposes changing timings by one hour.

00:17 It is not reasonable that Spain is a country where we call for meetings at 8pm.

00:24 It is not reasonable that a country has its restaurants open at 1am.

00:31 Neither business owners nor hospitality workers support the move.

00:36 We have already cut our customers, we have cut the pandemic and we have cut the closure.

00:43 We are only going to pay taxes and collect zero.

00:47 I work in the hostel and I have family. It benefits me.

00:51 There are many times when they close at night. If we close earlier, it kills us.

00:56 The president of the Hoteliers also rejects the earlier close of restaurants, highlighting

01:01 that the hospitality industry in Spain is the envy of the world.

01:06 When you extend your schedules, you generate more employment, more staff, more business,

01:11 more salary volume. These are all good things.

01:15 In Spain, the autonomous regions decide on their hours for bars and restaurants.

01:20 For example, in Madrid, restaurants can open from 10am to 2am.

01:25 They can extend an additional half hour on Fridays, Saturdays and the evening of holidays.

01:31 [crowd noise]

01:36 (whooshing)

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