This is one of the concrete measures intended to help traders whose business has been affected by the riots. The sales will be extended for a week until August 1 and traders who wish will be able to open this Sunday, the Minister for Trade Olivia Grégoire announced on Wednesday.
At the request of traders, “we are going to extend the sales until August 1”, she said during an interview on France 2, adding that traders who wish can “open this Sunday” in order to ” make up for last weekend in particular”.
Stores looted
Urban violence erupted in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) on June 27 a few hours after the death of Nahel, 17, killed by a police officer during a traffic check, before spreading to several cities and s ‘amplify.
Looting of shops, burning of shops and public buildings, clashes with the police multiplied across France, culminating in the attack on the home of the mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses, in the Val-de -Marne, before a decline since Sunday evening.
“More than 1,000 businesses have either been vandalized (…) or burned down,” Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday, even if “the situation has stabilized since Saturday”.
Bercy indicated that of “the approximately 200 food businesses affected, 30 have burned down, most have already reopened”. “A few dozen clothing stores have been looted”, but “the stores will reopen this weekend”, according to this source.