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We will move the following business and economics stories: + Europe's Franco-German 'motor' sputters back to life + France looks past tech titans for virus tracing app + Foreign domestic workers stranded in virus-hit Lebanon Health-virus-France-Germany-economy-Macron-Merkel,FOCUS PARIS President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel have jump-started the Franco-German "motor" at the heart of Europe by jointly pitching a hugely ambitious economic recovery plan, even if it faces a bumpy road ahead. 700 words by Valerie Leroux. Picture Health-virus-France-technology,FOCUS PARIS France, which has long been sceptical of the growing power of US tech titans, is seeking to bypass Apple and Google for a smartphone app to help trace people infected with the novel coronavirus. 800 words by Laurent Barthelemy Lebanon-rights-labour-migration-economy,FOCUS BEIRUT A week after her Lebanese employer kicked her out without her luggage, pay or passport, all Ethiopian domestic worker Sofia wants is to go home as Lebanon begins repatriations. Some Lebanese families have started paying their home help in the depreciating local currency, while others are now unable to pay them at all, with increasing reports of domestic workers being thrown into the street. 750 words by Alice Hackman. Picture. Video afp
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