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Covid-19: is France winning economically against Germany, as Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux says?

2020-11-21T22:02:22.257Z


VERIFICATION - The health crisis and its economic consequences are increasing disparities between countries. The president of Medef is worried about a risk of economic "downgrading" and urges the executive to offer a medium-term vision.


THE QUESTION -

While Covid-19 does not spare any state, the management of the epidemic provokes very different reactions from one country to another, whether it is the populations or their governments.

"The country is on edge," said Thursday before RTL microphones Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, president of Medef, the Mouvement des entreprises de France.

Very critical of the way the government has managed the closure of "

non-essential

" businesses, he asks the government

"to offer a medium-term vision, over three to four months

.

"

According to him, the survival of all sectors currently closed is at stake.

Read also: Foreign investments: France is losing ground

Beyond this emergency, the head of Medef fears

"a risk of downgrading France vis-à-vis Germany".

It implicitly refers to the respective results obtained by the two leading powers in the euro zone in the fight against the epidemic.

Whether it is health management or its economic consequences, the performance gaps are considerable and all

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Source: lefigaro

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