On the front line, there are the nursing staff. Immediately after, all those who allow everyday life to continue: transporters, postmen, cashiers, garbage collectors ... And right behind, there are kiosks. The profession has been hit hard over the past five years. By the terrorist attacks in Paris and Nice first, by the movement of "yellow vests" then, then again by the demonstrations against pension reform ... It has not been good to work in the heart of cities. However, they are there, mostly open, even if sometimes it is only in the morning, to distribute the press every day to disoriented French people who can count, during this period of confinement, on the loyalty of their kiosks.
They are often assimilated to "newsagents", a generic expression which nevertheless intersects various situations: press houses, tobacconists, press bookshops or Relay in stations or metros. The
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