Weighted down by its partner Nissan and the coronavirus crisis, the car manufacturer suffered the heaviest net loss in its history in the first half of the year. 

French carmaker Renault suffered the heaviest net loss in its history in the first half of the year, at 7.3 billion euros, weighed down by its Japanese partner Nissan and the health crisis, he said in a statement on Thursday. .

The group, already in difficulty before the coronavirus pandemic, and which had announced at the end of May 15,000 job cuts worldwide, indicated that it was giving up any forecast of financial results for 2020 in the face of uncertainties linked to the Covid pandemic -19.