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- A total of 300,140 deaths have been recorded worldwide (for 4,403,714 cases).
- 500,000 requests for state guaranteed loans in France have been identified for an amount of nearly 100 billion euros.
- Edouard Philippe announced an investment plan of 1.3 billion euros for the tourism sector.
- Sanofi says the United States will not have the first vaccine if the EU is as "effective".
>> Follow the events of this Friday, May 15
6:30 am. Aid for sport. The sector will once again be helped by the French government, notably with the extension of partial unemployment. Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu mentions "almost 20 billion euros in estimated losses" for the sector due to the cancellation of a huge number of events or simply because of the postponements. Three measures have been taken: right to partial activity until September, total exemption from social security contributions from March to June 2020 for the VSEs and SMEs most affected and access to the solidarity fund.
6:20 a.m. 101 additional deaths in Germany. The number of cases of coronavirus contamination in Germany has increased to 173,152 with 913 new cases recorded in the last twenty-four hours. In total, the number of deaths is 7,824.
6.15 a.m. Bruno Le Maire does not want to reinstate the wealth tax. For the Minister of Economy, the restoration of the ISF would be “pure demagoguery” “It is very easy to restore the ISF. If I wanted to be popular, I would go tomorrow to announce that we will restore a tax on the rich and France will be better . But it's not true, it's a pure lie, it's pure demagoguery: we did it for years, it didn't work, it didn't enrich France, it didn't improve prosperity, "said Bruno Le Maire on BFMTV.
6 hours. The ceiling for meal vouchers increases from 19 to 38 euros per day. From this summer and until the end of 2020, the ceiling for using these tickets will be set at 38 euros in restaurants. So far limited to 19 euros of spending per day. Even in telework, the employees concerned continue to receive their restaurant tickets.