A baker Landes became the symbol of the struggle for working seven days a week in France.
Stéphane Cazenave sells his bread from Monday to Sunday at Saint-Paul-les-Dax. It employs 22 people, who have two days off per week.
It must now close his establishment one day a week under penalty of prosecution.
In the Landes, a prefectural order forcing shops bread to a weekly closing.
"I had twice the Labour Inspectorate who came to ask my closing day. I was interviewed by the national police like a bandit by a brigadier who clearly told me that they had something else to do than to audition bakers who want to work. The next step is the court, "said Stéphane Cazenave.
This weekly closure could lead to the dismissal of two employees and a shortfall of EUR 250 000 per year, according to the baker.
Customers are themselves surprised to find closed doors once a week.
"I am very surprised, but ... He respects the law, it is!" Said one of them.
"It's a beast stopped, stupid," said another man.
The National Bakery Confederation supports it, the prefectural. For the organization, it is a bulwark against unfair competition.
"If one rushes into the breach to be open 7 days 7, not everyone can do it. But those who do not will lose market share to other, "said Jean-René Labat.
Several executives of the UMP, the main opposition party, have supported the baker, in the debate on the Macron law and reform of the labor market, making Stéphane Cazenave herald of liberalization of labor.
