It requests the Government to address them

Now that the financial sector is virtually consolidated, place the "real" economy support Moving this morning in Annecy, the President of the Republic must announce a battery of new-oriented measures, government source, "on business and on how to help them in the wrong pass current". Aware of the serious difficulties encountered by certain industrial sectors, the Executive put pressure for the actions of scale at European level. In the immediate future, Nicolas Sarkozy should do several important things. The professional tax, first of all, the head of State should restore the cap reform promised for 2009 all announcing short term relief. Medef calls for a strengthening of the rebate for new investment (which lasts three years and is declining). The spokesman of the Government, Luc Chatel, stated yesterday that "the Government to express in the next few days on what it intends to do about business tax".

"Danger of death".

Other action in sight, which corresponds to a request by the CGPME: enable businesses to benefit more quickly from the research tax credit (the offset time is important between the commitment of expenditure and tax gain), to relieve the cash of the employers. Support for investment in SMEs should also be addressed, and cash management, payment deadlines, receivables, credit insurance coverage, etc. As indicated, yesterday, François Fillon parliamentarians of the majority, the President will also provide the France with a "capacity of intervention to facilitate industrial restructuring".

It should finally announce the creation of a State investment fund to the capital of companies, such as the one he had proposed to the European partners on Tuesday. This Fund would be financed by borrowing.

There is urgency to intervene. In the third quarter, before even the stock market tornado, deposits of balance and judicial winding-up accelerated ( 17.2), observed the firm Altares, particularly in industry ( 23). With 11.407 failures, summer 2008 hit a level "never" since 1997, while the backup procedures were up 34. Yesterday, Laurence Parisot solemnly warned the Government. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the President of the Medef speaks of "danger of death for many companies, TPE and SMEs in particular". In her view, it is first "necessary to ensure the proper implementation of the decisions taken" to banks (access to credit, financing of the economy). "The authorities organize local meetings to identify companies in need, welcomed Frederic Saint-Geours, President of the Union of industries and professions of metallurgy (UIMM), but promised devices must be implemented as quickly as possible."

Beyond funding, new expectations are. Concerning the credit companies are haro on the two main operators, Coface and Euler Hermes SFAC. "From sectoral analyses, they cease to ensure our claims, without prior notice", denounce several leaders, wishing, at a minimum, that the State imposes a code of good conduct to interested parties. On payment periods, the industry says that public order donors are not 30 days imposed since the spring. It requests the Government to address them. In private, many, especially in the building, hope a moratorium on the application of the law of modernization of the economy which reduces the time of payment. On the basis that SMEs are "grip", between their suppliers that they need to pay more quickly from January and their customers which may, on the contrary, to delay the payment of their bills. Moreover, the CGPME wishes to a "New Deal" which would be particularly by outlets of participation "transitional" Fund of deposits in the capital of SMEs, and by ad hoc guarantees of the State "on non-eligible receivables factoring procedures."