The risk of an economic impact for France is quite, if not very low, even if the Minister for Trade is monitoring the situation closely.

This boycott, "orchestrated from Turkey", according to Franck Riester, risks above all costing Ankara dearly, already threatened by European sanctions in another issue.

France, she does not want to "stoop to respond to the unacceptable invectives of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and wants to focus on" dialogue and appeasement ", says France 24 a source at the Elysee.

None of the affected companies contacted by France 24 wished to comment.

It is the Medef who goes to the front: Fabrice Le Saché, vice-president and spokesperson for the employers' organization, believes that this boycott will probably not be followed by facts.

This is a "buzz for a few days and then it will fall," he says.

"France will not give in to blackmail, we must not forget that it was France that was attacked," he concludes, with reference to the assassination of Samuel Paty.

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