Limit breakage. In response to the damage and looting observed during the riots of the past week, the government announced this Wednesday, July 5, 2023 the extension of the summer sales period.

Between the breakage and the customers who desert the shops because of the climate of tension, the Minister Delegate for Trade, Olivia Grégoire, answered the call of many traders. “At the request of traders, we are going to extend the sales for a week,” she indicated in Télématin on France 2.

Scheduled from Wednesday June 28 until Tuesday July 25, the first week of the summer sales was particularly disrupted following the death of young Nahel, killed by a policeman in Nanterre. “The first two weekends are super important for the sales,” then recalled the minister. Reason why, “we are going to allow traders who wish to open this Sunday, to catch up with last weekend”, she said. Thus the shops will be able to open their doors exceptionally this Sunday, July 9, after a first weekend of sales strongly upset.

Invited by BFMTV, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire also supported traders in France before making additional announcements. “When your business cannot restart, we will cancel social and tax charges,” he promised, while seeking to distinguish between the different cases. A broken window, “it’s very violent and hard to live with, but we can restart in a few days. There are others, everything has been destroyed”, relativizes the boss of Bercy.