French economy

French economy – France’s Minister of Economy has spoken to French media this morning emphasizing that the French State “will take care of the technical unemployment of all the French”.

He added that "France must not lose either employees or skills," and that the government “will do all that is necessary and even more to support the French economy and businesses” admitting that “It will undoubtedly be very costly for the state".  Le Marie quantified the measures at "tens of billions of euros."

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