The French government has hiked the expected cost of its measures to support the economy though the coronavirus crisis to 110 billion euros ($120.6 billion), its finance minister said on Wednesday, APA reports citing Yahoo News.
"We are going to go from 45 billion euros in a first economic support plan ... to about 110 billion euros," Bruno Le Maire said on RTL radio, confirming a Reuters report.
He added that the package included 20 billion euros to help big companies and said that support would be offered to Air France KLM in the coming days.