Partying people on the Plein Den Haag cause a stir | Inland

“We have seen the images of people partying on the square in The Hague and as Koninklijke Horeca Nederland we distance ourselves from them. In this day and age that is not the image and signal you are allowed to give. It is unacceptable ”, Dirk Beljaarts, director of Koninklijke Horeca Nederland, told De Telegraaf.

“This is really not possible. Stick to the rules and do it for someone else! # COVID19 ”, Minister Ank Bijleveld responded on Twitter. PvdA leader Lodewijk Asscher said during the debate about the corona measures in the House of Representatives: “While we were talking here, a big party was going on in a tent on the Plein, which shows that we still have a long way to go. to tackle corona together. That is really a very lousy action towards all those entrepreneurs who are the victims of it.

Enforcers

“Where are the enforcers now?” Someone wonders on Twitter. “We are organizing a ‘superspreader’ event?” Says another. “Dancing on your own grave and this is really a fat middle finger to healthcare and the catering industry,” said a lady.

According to Beljaarts, the images ‘detract from the carefully built up status of safe catering industry that thousands of catering entrepreneurs and their staff have built up in recent months’. “This is an excess and is not the catering industry. The catering industry is crying tonight and has given everything in recent months to offer a safe place to go out. ”

The tweet below is from a reporter for the British broadcaster BBC.

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