France is likely to see its worst post-war economic slowdown this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, much worse than it faced in 2009 after the global financial crisis, said the country’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire.
“We will probably be at more than the -2.2 percent [seen] in 2009. That shows the magnitude of the economic shock we are facing,” he told the Senate in a hearing by teleconference on Monday.
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