LE FIGARO.
- Agnès Verdier-Molinié, how much are the current health measures costing our country, and how long will we be able to keep up with "whatever the cost"?
Agnès VERDIER-MOLINIÉ.
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According to the assessments carried out by the iFrap, a week of strict containment, as last spring, costs France 16 billion euros: 5 billion additional public spending and 11 billion impact on national wealth due to the cessation of certain activities.
A little more flexible confinement, like that of last November, certainly costs less, but it remains considerable: 7 billion per week.
The impact on employment is enormous: a week of strict confinement threatens nearly 70,000 jobs and a week of more flexible confinement, 30,000.
Finally, the current period, with the curfew at 6 p.m. and the closure of restaurants, theaters, museum halls, ski lifts, etc., costs French GDP at least 2.5 billion per week (including
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