SNCF illustration. - AFP

SNCF also in difficulty. The Minister of Public Accounts Gérald Darmanin said Monday that the state will make a "financial gesture" to SNCF to help it cope with its financial difficulties related to the health crisis.

The crisis would have cost SNCF 4 billion

"There will be a financial gesture from the State, whether directly with the SNCF or with institutions that work with the SNCF", like the regions, declared on BFM TV / RMC Gérald Darmanin. He will receive Jean-Pierre Farandou, the boss of the railway company, "in the coming days". The latter estimated Sunday at four billion euros the cost of the Covid-19 crisis for his company.

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