The government wants to act massively.

100 billion euros over two years is three times the amount of Nicolas Sarkozy's plan, after the 2008 financial crisis. The objective of this plan called "France Relance", which has 70 measures, is to avoid a collapse of the economy, according to the Prime Minister, and to regain the level of wealth before the health crisis.

Jean Castex hopes that these 100 billion euros will create 160,000 jobs by the end of 2021. 

Concretely, the money will be invested equitably in three main directions.

Competitiveness and relocations: 35 billion euros.

Social cohesion and the territories, ie skills and employment: 35 billion euros.

Finally, the ecological transition: 30 billion euros.

A plan that wants to be green, therefore.

The funds will be allocated to transport - in particular rail, public transport and cycling -, the thermal renovation of public and private buildings - 2 billion euros will be devoted in particular to individuals -, agriculture, and investing in carbon-free energies - in particular the development of green hydrogen, a technology the government is banking on for the future.

Second project, that of competitiveness.

The objective is to bring industries and companies to France and prevent them from leaving.

For this, the government promises to lower production taxes by 10 billion euros per year.

It also involves investing in technologies of the future.

Eleven sectors of the future have been identified in this regard, including health industries, carbon-free energies, and even digital education.

The last project, that of social cohesion and territories.

The government will first release 15 billion euros dedicated to employment.

There is the youth plan of 6.5 billion euros already presented in July, but also long-term partial unemployment measures accompanied by training.

In this chapter also, funds allocated to local authorities and then, above all, to the modernization of hospitals and town medicine, the famous Ségur de la santé: 6 billion euros are devoted to it.

This stimulus plan is supposed to put the French economy back on the rails of growth by 2022.

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