Conference calls, limited cabinet … This is what Bruno Le Maire’s daily life in Bercy, the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, looks like from now on. The building is almost empty, only 250 agents out of 5000 are present. The other teleworkers. From his office he manages the economic crisis, and his support plan of 110 billion euros. Unprecedented, measures unthinkable in normal times.
“A massive and immediate plan”
“From the beginning of March, I proposed to the President of the Republic, a massive and immediate plan, necessarily a little rude.” Since the Minister and his teams “correct” to take into account the forgotten at the beginning.
Each day, video conferences are linked. Today, he is in dialogue with the Governor of the Banque de France, and representatives of employers’ organizations regarding the resumption of economic activity scheduled for May 11.
“We must resume activity, if we do not want to leave a field of ruins behind us,” said the minister. The difficult equation of “total” health security remains to be resolved, specifies the Minister. “But we cannot stop for months and months, otherwise the remedy will be worse than the disease.”
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