Factories without activity, ghost museums, closed airports, deserted palaces in Paris or on the Croisette… After nearly four weeks of confinement, the economy is out of breath, as if petrified by the coronavirus pandemic which is freezing the world of dread.
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The shock is brutal: French growth in 2020 will be the weakest since 1945, announced the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire. Companies are doing their accounts, wondering, for the most fragile, if they will survive this crisis as violent as it is historic.
Orly in airplane mode
An announcement no longer disturbs the tranquility of the boarding halls. Since March 31, the centenary airport, usually attended daily by 90,000 passengers, has closed for an indefinite period. More than 650 planes take off or land there every day in normal times.
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For the past ten days, it's been calm. The hundred shops, restaurants and bars have lowered their stores; of the 28,000 people working at Orly, all are
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