“We must move towards greater international trade”: Medef pleads in favor of the agreement with Mercosur. “Are we ready to eliminate 20% of French jobs?” asks Medef boss Patrick Martin.
Foreseeing "a still difficult first and second quarter" for growth and an increase in unemployment, he foresees an improvement to come thanks in particular to "wage increases on average higher than inflation" “We absolutely must support economic activity,” he insisted, deploring an “extremely penalizing social security system” in France.