the French mask industry, wanted by Macron, turns into a fiasco

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Among the fifteen or so French manufacturers, manyare in minimal production, at less than 15% of their capacity», et «a part even stopped producing“, Reports the Syndicate of French Mask Manufacturers. PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP

INVESTIGATION – While the epidemic is making a comeback for the holidays, the president of the Syndicate of French mask manufacturers is calling for help. France could soon find itself in the same situation as before the Covid.

At a time when France is going through a ninth epidemic wave of Covid-19, calls for a return to the wearing of compulsory masks, especially in transport, are increasing. This could paradoxically be good news for French mask makers, many of whom are in agony, according to Christian Curel, the president of the Union of French Mask Manufacturers (F2M). This one goes even further: according to him, it is the entire French sector, which developed at great speed in 2020 at the call of Emmanuel Macron, which is now threatened with extinction.

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