Last week the Perigueux municipal council debated a topic that could affect many of those on holiday in the Dordogne as well as the young people of the region; when should bars have to close?

An audience that included the prefect of the Dordogne heard Phillipe Cornet, leader of the opposition party in Pergieux, argue the case for the local bars and drinking establishments. Earlier this week, Sudouest.com reported that letters had been sent to several licensed businesses in the area warning them that some establishments would no longer be able to stay open until 0200 on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night.

Previously, bars in the area had been given a waiver for these nights, an extension on the standard closing time.

Phillipe Cornet criticised the municipal authority for sending “these disturbing letters without a world of explanation, which have shocked the whole area”. Sudouest reports that he has advocated an even later opening in the past, as “patrons of bars are anxious to see [regulations] removed” and “many institutions are on the razor’s edge – the weekends are very important to them”

Speaking at the council meeting, he said that a solution must be reached between the bars and the municipality that respects neighbourhood and traffic safety as well as the “economic aspect” of the businesses. “The bar owners have worked hard” said Cornet, “and we must think of the vibrant city that includes many students”.

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