Books? Hairdressers? Europeans split on lockdown essentials

In this Oct. 23, 2020 file photo, a waiter clears a table at a cafe in Piazza Navona Square before the start of a curfew. In times when a pandemic unleashes death and poverty, the concept of what is essential to keep society functioning in a lockdown is gripping Europe. What may stay open in one country may be designated as non-essential just across the border. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Women perform manicures and pedicures on customers in a beauty center in downtown Rome, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. In times when a pandemic unleashes death and poverty, the concept of what is essential to keep society functioning in a lockdown is gripping Europe. What may stay open in one country may be designated as non-essential just across the border. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

People visit the Chiesa del Gesu church in Rome, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. In times when a pandemic unleashes death and poverty, the concept of what is essential to keep society functioning in a lockdown is gripping Europe. What may stay open in one country may be designated as non-essential just across the border. Churches in Italy have stayed open, but require social distancing. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

In this Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, a customer picks up a magazine in a supermarket in Gex, France. French supermarkets will be prohibited from selling books, make-up, clothes and other goods considered as non essential as smaller businesses have been forced to shut down amid virus lockdown. (AP Photo/Nadine Achoui-Lesage)

Owners of 't Stad Leest, Wouter Cajot, right, and his partner Sofie Van der Ven, pose in the middle of their bookstore in Antwerp, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. In times when a pandemic unleashes death and poverty, the concept of what is essential to keep society functioning in a lockdown is gripping Europe. Bookstores and florists in Belgium have been designated as essential shops. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

In this Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, a box with food slides down to a car from a window of the apple cider restaurant in 'Zum Lahmen Esel' in Frankfurt, Germany. Due to the new partial lockdown to avoid the coronavirus spread the restaurant which has been in operation since 1807 offers cider and food to take-away in a self-made drive through set up. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020 file photo, Richard Ward, owner of Richard Ward Hair & MetroSpa wears a protective face mask as he works in his salon in London. Britain is preparing to join large swathes of Europe in a coronavirus lockdown designed to save its health care system from being overwhelmed. Pubs, along with restaurants, hairdressers and shops selling non-essential items will have to close Thursday until at least Dec. 2. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Makis Sifneos, mechanic and owner of a motorcycle repair shop works in Athens, Greece, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. In times when a pandemic unleashes death and poverty, the concept of what is essential to keep society functioning in a lockdown is gripping Europe. What may stay open in one country may be designated as non-essential just across the border. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Christos Lampropoulos, owner of a laundry and dry-cleaning shop, works at his shop in Athens, Greece, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. In times when a pandemic unleashes death and poverty, the concept of what is essential to keep society functioning in a lockdown is gripping Europe. What may stay open in one country may be designated as non-essential just across the border. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

In this April 20, 2020 file photo, a Volkswagen car dealer is open in Essen, Germany. In times when a pandemic unleashes death and poverty, the concept of what is essential to keep society functioning in a lockdown is gripping Europe. What may stay open in one country may be designated as non-essential just across the border. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

A woman wearing a protective face covering walks past an advertising window of a closed shop in London, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. Britain's lockdown started Thursday, shuttering restaurants, hairdressers and clothing stores until at least Dec. 2. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)