Question 30565 — employment and activity

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Mr. Hugues Renson questions the Minister of the Economy and Finance about the resumption of major events in France. Indeed, France is the leading events country in the world, with Paris as the world capital of congresses, as well as the leading European country for welcoming foreign investments. 5,000 professional events, welcoming 25 million people, take place there each year. The service industry relating to business meetings represent 120,000 jobs and more than 30 billion euros in direct and indirect economic benefits with a direct impact on the retail, transport and hospitality sectors. These events are a considerable factor of attractiveness for France, both scientifically and culturally, and they allow France to shine abroad. But these events being potentially vectors for the spread of covid-19 and having a significant impact on the environment, their outfit will have to evolve, without disappearing. However, with the health crisis, all these major events have been canceled and the lack of visibility on the resumption of these activities has already cost France the cancellation of major events such as the Mondial de l'Auto, Global Industries or Paris Games Week. Without very rapid clarification, holding major professional meetings in 2020 will be impossible, leading to a social and economic catastrophe for this sector. Thus, he asks whether these events will be able to be held from September 2020 in satisfactory conditions and what measures will be taken to promote the economic recovery of the sector.

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