The minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, announced on Tuesday that the start of the summer sales was shifted from 24 June to 15 July, in order to meet the demand of some traders whose selling points have been closed because of the sars coronavirus.

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“The balances will start on the 15th July and will last four weeks,” said Bruno Le Maire, on RTL, explaining that the decision had been taken to the “request for small traders”. The minister has also expressed on several other subjects Tuesday on RTL. Here’s what you should remember.

The French economy will contract by 11% this year

The government anticipates now a fall of the gross domestic product (GDP) of 11% this year in France, compared to 8% up here, said Bruno Le Maire.

“, The economic shock is extremely brutal” but “I have the absolute conviction that we will bounce back in 2021”, said Bruno Le Maire, on RTL. “We have a huge air hole” with this crisis and the economy to a standstill for three months, he added, reiterating that, according to him, “the more hard from the point of view of social and economic is in front of us”.

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