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Coronavirus: “SOS entreprises”

2020-04-26T20:35:29.522Z


The editorial of Figaro, by Gaëtan de Capèle.


Two more weeks… Confined in fact like the whole country since mid-March, companies count the hours that separate them from May 11. We understand their impatience. The sudden stoppage of a large part of production, the closing of shops, the interruption of transport have vitrified France. Two months of almost forced inactivity caused an economic shock of incredible violence, the consequences of which have not been finished. Thousands of victims of the virus, thousands of them are now also on respiratory assistance. It is the State which guarantees their cash flow and supports their employees. Despite this public aid, some will not recover.

The figures - unfortunately provisional - of this economic disaster make you dizzy: to date, more than 10 million French people are on partial unemployment and the government has already mobilized 100 billion euros of public funds in emergency. Deficits are widening,

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Source: lefigaro

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