Its president, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, recalls that France’s competitiveness will allow it to bounce back after the crisis.
«It’s not a taboo“. Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, president of Medef, said this Friday that it will be necessary, “at a time“After the crisis, ask again the question of”competitiveness“Of the French economy and”amount of work». «We are at a time when companies must be saved, but in the course of 2021, these questions will have to be asked again. It will be necessary to be able to see where are the strengths and weaknesses of the French economy», He explained on BFM Business.
Asked about the possibility of restarting the pension reform before the presidential election of 2022, the head of Medef explained that it would depend on the state of the economy. “If the economy is on the floor because of the epidemic, one should not add a complicated reform. But if we leave quickly, then yes, we will have to ask the question. We have a financing subject that may have been badly posed (with the systemic reform) but we cannot deny it», He affirmed.
Framed reopening
From the Rungis market where he was in a duplex, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux said to himself “optimistic»For the rest. “The most important is morale and state of mind. We have entrepreneurs ready to get out. We will get out of this“, He launched. “I find it very presumptuous to make forecasts, but France has potential. We were more affected than the rest of Europe but I hope we will have a stronger rebound».
The boss of Medef pleaded for a supervised reopening of sectors still closed due to the health crisis. “We expect, for restorers as for all closed sectors, that we move on to microsurgery. We must be able to open but with reinforced sanitary measures. For example, we push the idea of a QR code in restaurants. Sectors by sectors, we must be able to find measures that allow opening while containing the epidemic».
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