Bruno Le Maire has been Minister of the Economy since May 2017. He is responsible for building the recovery plan scheduled for the start of the school year.
LE FIGARO. - The economy has rebounded very slowly since the end of containment. Are you worried?
Bruno LE MAYOR. - No, I'm confident. The industry is starting up again, construction companies should turn to 60% of their normal activity at the end of May. The steel industry is restarting. Consumption is rebounding: the week of May 11 to 15, bank card payments were 8% higher than the same period in 2019. Our objective now is to encourage this return to work.
In the short term, this will involve sectoral support plans ...
Our response to the crisis was immediate and massive: 450 billion euros in state aid and guarantees, or 20% of French GDP, were mobilized to support the economy. In total, 80 billion euros in loans were guaranteed by the State for half a million companies; 3 billion euros in aid has already been
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