These places are not enforced if you go shopping on Saturday | Inland

The municipality of The Hague is clear. “Look, when a store lets customers in to drink coffee or tea, we think it’s different than when people open their stores as usual,” said a spokesperson. In other words: even if the rules are violated, the municipality will not intervene in those cases.

Nevertheless, he is somewhat cautious. “We are still checking the signals. Which are notification-oriented, so that people call, but also if there are excesses. And we do random checks.” But that is mainly the formal situation. He says he takes the noises from society very seriously. “Everyone has to deal with it.”

“How far can you go?”

When it comes to enforcement of the corona measures, the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG) takes the position that it has had for a long time. “That is: follow the law,” said a spokesman. “But yes, that’s the formal line,” he adds meaningfully.

The main question, he says, is how far can you go? “If you only have four or five boas to walk in the shopping streets, it makes no sense anymore. The limits of enforcement have now been reached. It is no longer a question of whether you will enforce, but above all how.”

There is also a lot of reference in the country to a statement by the newly appointed Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yesilgöz that ‘compliance with corona measures is something that everyone should make of it themselves, than that the police should walk around’.

Long-term

A motion to the VNG, submitted by Breda mayor Paul Depla, was unanimously adopted in the afternoon in the general members’ meeting, the spokesman said. The motion called for the development of a corona policy with a long-term perspective and a broader, equal consideration of the measures to be taken.

In addition to the impact on healthcare, attention must also be paid to the social, societal and economic effects on sectors and society.

The VNG now proposes to enter into discussions with the cabinet and sectors in order to work out a long-term perspective. Also looking at the lockdown and the forcedly closed shops and companies.

fire letter

Sixteen mayors in North Holland, united in the North Holland North Safety Region, have sent a letter to Prime Minister Rutte. They are seriously concerned about the corona measures, which are leading to more and more unrest in society.

“Covid has become more than just a health crisis. The social impact of the virus and the measures is currently being felt enormously,” reports the six, including the mayors of Alkmaar, Hoorn and Den Helder.

“The support is declining, misunderstanding and anger are increasing. There is a great need for perspective. Shopkeepers and entrepreneurs are at the mercy of the water. The economic and emotional damage is great.”

They are almost begging for support. “We need that. We advocate making social life safe and regulated and providing sufficient financial support to entrepreneurs affected by the lockdown.”

Overview municipalities

The cabinet will decide on Friday whether the lockdown will be relaxed. But shopkeepers in several cities have already said that they will still open, even if the measures are extended.

In Overijssel, North Brabant and Limburg, among others, it has been announced by municipalities that they will not enforce if shops open their doors on Saturday. Especially in the border regions, shopkeepers have been watching with concern for weeks that the Dutch are shopping across the border. An overview of the places where Saturdays are and are not enforced when you go shopping.

Old IJssel region

Mayor Otwin van Dijk of the Achterhoek municipality of Oude IJsselstreek will not enforce if the shops and the catering industry in his municipality open their doors on Saturday. The mayor wants to make a kind of statement with this, his spokesman said on Wednesday.

Montferland

Mayor Harry de Vries will also not intervene in Montferland if shopkeepers open their doors on Saturday.

Aalten

Mayor Anton Stapelkamp has informed De Gelderlander that the corona rules will continue to apply, but that he will not ‘ban a short demonstrative action on Saturday’. “I will not act in enforcement of that,” said Stapelkamp.

nunspeet

There will also be no enforcement in the municipality of Nunspeet on Saturday. The municipality has informed RTV Nunspeet ‘that the stretch is out’ and that there is ‘an urgent need for space to do business in a responsible manner’.

Winschoten

Mayor Cora-Yfke Sikkema of the municipality of Oldambt has also given permission to shopkeepers to open their doors. This is a one-time action, reports RTV Noord. Sikkema: “I also gave the catering industry the space to make their statement at the time and I now wish the entrepreneurs that too.”

Valkenburg

Shops and restaurants in Valkenburg go Friday open between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., with permission from Mayor Daan Prevoo. The spokeswoman for Prevoo announced this on Wednesday evening. The mayor sees the action by the shops and catering as a demonstration, she said. The entrepreneurs in the city center have reported a demonstration, and in our country demonstrating is a fundamental right, according to Prevoo.

List of municipalities that don’t know yet.

Sittard-Geleen

Sittard-Geleen does not yet want to say whether it will enforce it on Saturday if the shops open when they shouldn’t. “We are awaiting a decision from the new cabinet,” said the municipality. However, the municipality does call it wry that Dutch customers spend their money across the border. “We share the concerns that entrepreneurs express about the survival of their business. Especially in a border region like ours.”

Apeldoorn

Mayor Ton Heerts also does not want to say anything about whether he will perform. But his spokesperson says that ‘the rules are clear’.

dragons

Entrepreneurs in the center of Drachten will open their doors on Saturday 15 January. They say they have the confidence of mayor Jan Rijpstra to be able to open as a protest on Saturday with strict observance of the corona measures. But Rijpstra has not yet responded to this.

Elburg, West Betuwe, Bronkhorst, Ede and Zutphen

Shops in Elburg will also open, Omroep Gelderland reports. Whether the mayor will enforce it remains to be seen from this afternoon’s meeting. This also applies to West Betuwe, Bronkhorst, Ede and Zutphen.

Province of Drenthe

Mayors in Drenthe also leave the enforcement of the corona measures in the middle.

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These municipalities have indicated that they will act if shopkeepers decide to open their doors.

Nijmegen

Hubert Bruls, mayor of Nijmegen, said earlier this week that he will take action against entrepreneurs who open their business on Saturday, if that is not allowed yet. But he also believes that the Outbreak Management Team should come up with a convincing story to make the strict lockdown last longer.

sliedrecht

The municipality of Sliedrecht, one of the municipalities that sent a fire letter to the cabinet on Tuesday to reopen non-essential shops, indicates that if the measures are not relaxed, the municipality is counting on people in Sliedrecht to continue to comply with the rules. . “If that is not the case in a single case, we will monitor and enforce if necessary.”

Arnhem

Mayor Ahmed Marcouch in Arnhem has informed Omroep Gelderland that a shopkeeper will first receive a warning. If this is not heeded, then action will be taken in Arnhem.

Groningen

According to RTV Noord, entrepreneurs from Groningen have announced that they will take action against the corona measures next Saturday and open the doors of their business. Mayor Schuiling of the Municipality of Groningen has informed Radio Noord in a response that he will perform: “If people open the doors en masse and allow everyone in, I cannot allow that.”

List is being completed…

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