“According to estimates by Altares, an agency that collects information about enterprises, 8,950 bankruptcy proceedings were launched in the third trimester of 2022, which is 69% more than in the summer of 2021,” the radio station reports.
With reference to the agency, she also notes that such a number of bankruptcies was a record over the past 25 years.
Small shops, restaurants and hair salons have been hardest hit.
Earlier, the French Cabinet threatened to use force to end the strike of TotalEnergies employees.