2023-07-03 19:09:47
Posted Jul 3, 2023, 9:09 PM
He too will have seen his presidency, but at the head of Medef, hit by crises, with the “yellow vests”, the Covid, the war in Ukraine and the riots of the last few days. It is in particular on them that Geoffroy de Roux de Bézieux speaks in an interview with the “Parisian” posted online Monday evening, trying, even if it is early, to draw a first economic balance sheet.
The president of Medef advances the figures of “more than 200 businesses […] completely looted, 300 bank branches destroyed, 250 tobacco shops affected”. But he says he is “confident that these businesses concerned will be compensated”. And this, even if on the ground, the concern of many of them is strong on this subject. Two meetings have already been organized by Bercy on Saturday and Monday. The insurers, recalls Bercy on Monday, have “undertaken to put in place additional deadlines to allow entrepreneurs time to make their declaration”. And the Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire as well as the Minister Delegate in charge of SMEs, Crafts, Trade and Tourism Olivia Grégoire must go once more this Tuesday to disaster-stricken traders in Essonne.
Degraded image of France
Asked regarding the cost of damage for companies, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, while acknowledging that it is “too early to give a precise figure”, argues that “we are at more than a billion euros, without counting damage to tourism”. “The videos of the riots, which circulated around the world, degrade the image of France”, deplores the boss of bosses. “It’s always difficult to know if the impact will be lasting, but there will certainly be a drop in bookings this summer when the season was promising. Stays have already been canceled, ”he says. There are no precise figures yet, the data is being compiled.
The president of Medef does not ask for a new “whatever the cost” on an “economically limited subject”, he recognizes. But he mentions “one-off advances” for those who “will not be able to practice for a certain time”. Similarly, he asks for an acceleration of the instruction of building permits and requests for authorization of works “to quickly rebuild the destroyed companies”.
Case by case
Also, on the partial unemployment to which certain companies that are victims of degradations may be forced, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux does not consider a new system necessary but does not rule out the “temporary” activation of a “more generous” partial unemployment system. , ” case by case “. Case-by-case treatment, with particular attention to independent traders, is precisely what was requested on Monday during a videoconference with the prefects and sub-prefects of France and several ministers, departmental advisers out of the crisis, these agents who, within each prefecture, have in particular taken care in recent months of traders experiencing difficulties, for example with their energy bills.
Finally, on the underlying reasons for these riots, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux considers it “simplistic” to link them to an economic problem, even if he assures that he does not deny the difficulties, “of transport for example, which cause unemployment to remain more raised in working-class neighborhoods. “In the suburbs there is a thug minority but a silent majority who work and contribute to the economic wealth of the country”, he says, believing that “we are confronted above all with a problem of State authority . »
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