Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire on Friday called on insurers to “behave in an exceptional way”, urging them once again to compensate “quickly” and “commensurate with the damage suffered” to merchants affected by the recent unrest. “I would very much like to take advantage of my trip to Marseilles to call for the general mobilization of all companies in France, and in particular of independent companies that have been looted, looted or even burned in recent days,” said the minister. to the press, after having met in her shops some Marseille merchants who were victims of the rioters.
“The second request is for quick compensation. And here I am once again asking insurers to do what is necessary to compensate quickly and (…) not to use all possible legal subtleties of contracts,” continued Bruno Le Maire, who had received representatives of banks, insurance companies, merchants and hoteliers-restaurateurs in Bercy last Saturday. “Our insurer friends have made commitments. They must comply with them, they must compensate quickly, ”he continued, and also called for“ the general mobilization to repair the damage that has been suffered ”.
Postponement of social and tax charges
“The State is showing signs of understanding: (…) we are going to do what is necessary so that all those who have been affected do not pay their social charges, do not pay their tax charges, either deferred, or for those who were the most degraded, so that we cancel and crush the tax and social debts”, he recalled. “Why couldn’t insurers do what the state is capable of doing too?”
“Everyone must behave exceptionally. I only ask one thing: that everyone rise to the gravity of the facts, (…) that everyone rise a little above themselves and rise to the height of the gravity of the facts, “He concluded. Some 400 shops in the center of Marseille were vandalized and looted last weekend during three nights of violent riots following the death of Nahel, killed by a police officer in Nanterre.
Source: BFM TV
