They haven't seen the light of day since March. At the Ministry of the Economy, around forty senior officials are working at the bedside of companies in difficulty. Negotiations with creditors, support for collective proceedings, public loans, freezing of tax debts… These monk-soldiers have the daunting mission, case after case, of cushioning the shock of the crisis on jobs and economic activity. The pressure is on. The boss of Bercy, Bruno Le Maire, requires weekly reports , Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister for Industry, floods them with messages on their WhatsApp loop "restructuring", and the bosses on the breach call at any time, recalling that the president promised to help "whatever the cost".
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In the offices of the Interministerial Committee for Industrial Restructuring (Ciri), on the fourth floor of the Treasury building, in Bercy, Mélanie Megraud raised the tone. "We cannot defend four months of public liabilities in addition to the liabilities
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