Bruno Le Maire guaranteed on Wednesday that the government "will respond" to help companies whose activity will be penalized by the health pass.
"As we have been present since the start of this crisis, since the first day of this crisis, we will also be present at the end of the summer for those who will have been impacted", declared the Minister of the Economy on RTL , meeting with professionals on August 3 to take stock of their business losses.
Companies subject to the health pass: "We are still there", assures @BrunoLeMaire, who recalls that state aid is maintained in June, July and August.
He will meet the professionals concerned on August 30 to "take stock" #RTLMatin pic.twitter.com/zrHUps8Yyu
- RTL France (@RTLFrance) July 28, 2021
Since the extension of the health pass last week to several sectors, such as leisure parks or cinemas, professionals deplore a very clear drop in their activity.
Restaurant owners, cafes and other establishments open to the public who will also have to apply it from the beginning of August have already expressed their fears.
Bruno Le Maire recalled that companies can already continue to benefit from the solidarity fund, extended until the end of August.
"To all those who are worried by saying that the health pass will ultimately jeopardize my season (...), I tell them to meet on August 30", in order to "take stock with them, look at the loss of figures business sector by sector, ”he added.
Since the start of the crisis, the government's strategy has remained to "compensate for losses which may be linked to health regulations which are binding", insisted Bruno Le Maire.
The minister also specified that he will receive this Wednesday with Roselyne Bachelot the directors of theater, cinema, theaters to "take stock with them".