The group of advocates for maintaining the clock fears that if closed the existence of the cooperation itself will come into question. They are making their concerns known through this Facebook page, as well as in other ways.
To call a GMM, the members who seek to do so must collectively represent a minimum turnover over € 300 million. This is the case and so the auction, so it would seem, cannot be closed just yet.
Royal FloraHolland hasn't responded in an official capacity yet.