From the BBC, September 3:
France in huge coronavirus recovery plan focusing on green energy
France has unveiled a 100bn-euro (£89bn) economic stimulus package to help repair the economic damage caused by coronavirus.
President Emmanuel Macron's government said the investment would include big spending on green energy and transport.....MUCH MORE
Dubbed "France re-launch", it is aimed at reversing rising unemployment, and includes tax cuts for business.
The economy shrank by 13.8% between April and June, the biggest quarterly fall since the Second World War.
Unveiling the plan, whose €100bn price tag is the equivalent of 4% of France's annual economic output, Prime Minister Jean Castex said it was almost four times bigger than the rescue strategy implemented after the financial crisis of 2008.
Its goal is to move away from the emergency funding of the coronavirus crisis and to make long-term investments in employment and training, as well as in France's transformation to a green economy.
About €40bn of the funding will come from the new European Union recovery fund.
About €35bn has been earmarked for projects to make the economy more competitive, and €30bn will be used on greener energy policies. About €6bn is slated for making public buildings and homes better insulated. The hydrogen industry, a sector which is receiving huge investment in Germany, will get €2bn....
