The government will postpone to "the first week of September" the presentation scheduled for Tuesday, August 25 of its recovery plan, in order to devote itself more completely to the deadlines of the re-entry on the health plan, announced Saturday the spokesman Gabriel Attal. The plan, which "is ready", will be presented "the day after a return to school for which we must first ensure the right organizational conditions" with regard to the fight against Covid-19, writes Mr. Attal in a press release specifying that a defense council will take place on Tuesday 25.
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"The schedule is maintained"
The government was initially supposed to unveil the details of its 100 billion euros plan on Tuesday, awaited by companies in the sectors most affected by the crisis at a time when a second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic threatens. The government's objective with this plan, of which Gabriel Attal specifies that "the calendar is maintained", is to find from 2022 a level of national wealth for France equivalent to the level before the crisis.
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"While the obligation to wear a mask in business and for college and high school students will come into force in 10 days, the government is fully mobilized to prepare for this health deadline," the government spokesperson wrote in his press release. . He underlines that President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Jean Castex want the ministers "to finalize the precise modalities" of this obligation "to guarantee the proper application of these preventive measures and allow their ownership by all".
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Following the defense council, the statement continued, "the ministers concerned will devote the following days to continuing the meetings initiated with their respective sectors to support them and ensure with them the proper application of the new health measures of September 1". And Gabriel Attal insisted: "The mobilization of the Government is total to lead the protection of the French against the epidemic and the necessary revival of our economy in the face of the crisis."