French Prime Minister Jean Castex delivers a speech during the MEDEF union summer forum "La Rencontre des Entrepreneurs de France, LaREF", at the Paris Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France, August 26, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool
PARIS: The French government wants to avoid a new nationwide lockdown due to the new coronavirus epidemic, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Wednesday.
Speaking at the Medef employers' federation's annual end-of-summer conference, Castex also said that a normal restart to the school year was a precondition for restarting the economy.
