“This crate is mine now!” », boasts a hooded man driving a car. Posted on social networks on the night of Thursday June 29 to Friday June 30, the video immortalizes the looting of the Citroën dealership in Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon (Essonne). This is where the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, and the Minister Delegate in charge of SMEs, Olivia Grégoire, were expected on Tuesday July 4, for their first trip to meet the traders affected by the riots following the death of Nahel M., killed by a policeman during a traffic check, on June 27.
The day before, the president of Medef, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, estimated, In The Parisianthe amount of losses for companies to “more than a billion euros”, “not to mention the damage to tourism”. Initial responses were provided following a meeting of the trade, hotel and catering, banking and insurance sectors in Bercy on Saturday 1er July. In particular the possibility of deferring social security and tax contributions, the banks’ commitment to “show understanding of bank deadlines” and insurers to extend the deadlines for declarations and to compensate quickly.
The participants drew up “an apocalyptic panorama” of the situation, says Christophe Noël, general delegate of the Federation of Commercial Actors in the Territories, which represents shopping centers – around ten were badly damaged and several dozen were the subject of intrusion attempts: “It is extremely traumatic for the teams. Everyone’s a bit stunned. We can’t get over the level of violence. »
“Several tens of millions of euros” of damage
La Française des jeux has 400 degraded points of sale. The Trade and Distribution Federation, more than 200 medium and large surfaces, including 40 Aldi supermarkets, this brand has a strong presence in areas with low purchasing power. From Nike to Lacoste via JD Sports, Adidas and Foot Locker, 150 sporting goods stores were also targeted, explains Virgile Caillet, general delegate of Union Sport & Cycle. The loss – theft, damage, loss of earnings and security costs – would amount to “several tens of millions of euros”.
Of the twenty McDonald’s restaurants targeted, four were totally destroyed. Unheard of for the brand. The teams concerned could be redeployed to neighboring establishments. “If this is not possible or desired by the employee, they benefit from support under technical unemployment”underlines the group. A circular will specify “soon” the terms of application, according to the Ministry of Labor.
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