The economic situation of the country is in a difficult position, the State must find 60 billion in savings to make urgently. But these savings must not be made at the expense of companies, insists Patrick Martin, president of Medef, this Friday, November 22 at the microphone of RTL. The business leader warns of “critical situations” in certain sectors in France.
“I don’t see a course, and we are asking for a course,” says Patrick Martin. “The Prime Minister brought his ministers together for a seminar and will announce 50 measures in the coming weeks to precisely map out a trajectory, but we are in a bit of a hurry, because there are still bankruptcy filings which are increasing, a job market which is turning around, cash flow which is straining…” he says.
And to warn: “There are sectoral situations which are becoming quite tense for the most part. Construction is absolutely critical, automobiles, chemicals, it is critical. There are several hundred thousand job losses that could occur.”
To illustrate his remarks, Patrick Martin takes an example: “A few weeks ago, with the actors of the social and solidarity economy, we issued a press release demonstrating that if the reductions in charges were reduced by 4 to 5 billion [une piste envisagée par Michel Barnier, NDLR]this would cause, simply for the social and solidarity economy, 186,000 job losses.“
Read more
France
