Shopping at 9 a.m., empty streets at 4 p.m., walks in the parks at 8 p.m.… this summer, the French have no other solution than to adapt to the whims of a skyrocketing mercury.
“For lack of customers, some establishments have decided to close in the afternoon”, says Thierry Fontaine, president of the night branch of the Union of trades and industries of the hotel industry (Umih).
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