We must "
support small businesses
".
Asked Wednesday, November 4 before the Senate about the difficulties encountered by French traders during this period of pandemic, aggravated by the second confinement of the year, Cédric Ô reaffirmed the government's willingness to come to their aid.
The Secretary of State for Digital, however, questioned the criticisms against Amazon.
According to the environmental senator Daniel Simon, "
this model participates in the devitalization of our businesses, concretes our farmland and has a catastrophic carbon footprint
".
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"
French psychosis on Amazon makes no sense," he said.
E-commerce is 10% of commerce in France;
Amazon is 20% of e-commerce.
There isn't a European country where Amazon is lower than in France.
When the French increase their e-commerce purchases, at 60% it goes into the pockets of French entrepreneurs
”.
For Cédric Ô, the priority is not to fight against the American e-commerce giant but to “
digitize small businesses
”: “
There are only 30% of small digitized businesses
(in France, Editor's note)
against 72% in Germany, that is the root of the problem
”.
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