Bastille Day: Macron outlines €100bn recovery plan as health workers honoured
by Jon Henley in Paris from on (#55P6C)
French president says he wants recovery that is industrial, ecological, local, cultural and educational'
Emmanuel Macron has said France will invest 100bn in a major economic recovery plan aimed at building a different country", as the nation honoured its health workers in a sombre, pared-back Bastille Day ceremony.
With signs that the virus is returning somewhat" and the reproduction or R-rate above one in some parts of the country, the French president said masks, already obligatory on public transport and recommended in shops, would become mandatory in all enclosed public space in France by 1 August.
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