In the Christmas market spans the Champs Elysees in Paris, soldiers mingle with barges.
After the attacks of Nantes, Dijon or Joue-les-Tours, the French govern meant to reassure the population. At least 200 soldiers were deployed as reinforcements on French territory.
The attention is at its height in the capital, where the crowd is particularly high on the eve of Christmas.
And when it is the pleasure of offering, the security-related fears seem to fade.
The budget of the test, in the same way, weighs little time to do the Christmas shopping, says Agnes Vigneron, Director of Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann:
"I think we spoil her friends more that spoils himself at Christmas, and whether to save money, it is for itself and not for others. So as you spend the years before Christmas, we do not feel any difference on the consumption of our customers. "
In other words, it tightens the belt a little, but not limited pleased to offer.
This Christmas Eve consumerist fever coincides with the publication of the latest unemployment figures. And on that front, no gifts, with around 3.49 million unemployed no activity registered by employment center in late November, an increase of 0.8% compared to last month and 5.8% year on year.
