French people thinking that the list of non-essential shops favors retail chains 2020
The beginning of re-confinement at the end of 2020 was marked by controversies in France, over the closure of some businesses, which were deemed as non-essential by the French government. The French had indeed a rather negative opinion of the list of non-essential businesses forced to close during containment, and a majority of them, perceiving the negative effects of the crisis on small businesses, considered that this list had given advantage to the large retail chains. More than three-quarters of the voters of Emmanuel Macron's party shared this opinion.
