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The Mayor promises “total” support for the economy “as long as the pandemic is here”

2021-01-21T21:40:39.413Z


The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire on Thursday promised “total” support for the economy “as long as the pandemic is there”, the day after the statements of his colleague in charge of the Budget on an end of “whatever it is. costs ”in 2021. To read also: Bruno Le Maire: "We will keep the commitment of" whatever the cost "" Evoking on LCI the possibility of an "umpteenth variant of the vir


The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire on Thursday promised

“total”

support

for the economy

“as long as the pandemic is there”,

the day after the statements of his colleague in charge of the Budget on an end of “whatever it is. costs ”in 2021.

To read also: Bruno Le Maire: "We will keep the commitment of" whatever the cost ""

Evoking on LCI the possibility of an

"umpteenth variant of the virus which will appear (it) in the summer"

and would thwart the hoped-for scenario of a control of the pandemic, Bruno Le Maire conceded that

"in this case, we we will be obliged to maintain support measures ”

for the economy.

"Let things be very clear for all our compatriots: as long as the pandemic will be there, and that it will force us to take measures of health restrictions, there will be support from the State"

, insisted the Economy Minister.

"The end of 'whatever the cost'"

The day before, the Minister of Public Accounts Olivier Dussopt had estimated that the year 2021 should mark the end of the policy of

"whatever the cost"

, that is to say the mobilization of all the necessary means in the face of the health crisis.

"If 2021 will mark the end of the crisis and the pandemic as everyone hopes, 2021 must also mark the end of 'whatever the cost'"

, he said to

Les Échos,

resuming the expression of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron at the start of the crisis.

To cope with the epidemic, the state has incurred 44.1 billion in additional spending, including 41.8 billion in emergency spending, according to figures from Bercy.

The state deficit - excluding the perimeter of local communities and social security - widened by 85 billion euros, from nearly 93 billion last year to 178.2 billion euros.

Source: lefigaro

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