France's lower house of parliament approved an emergency budget overnight that takes into account the government's 110 billion euro ($120 billion) plan to save the economy from virus-related collapse.

Hartmut Fey, a German citizen of Lauterbach, gets his French baguettes at the German-French border using his fisher rod to avoid a penalty of 250€ on April 18, 2020 in Carling, eastern France, on the 33rd day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection caused by the novel coronavirus.(Photo: AFP)

The budget includes bonuses for medical staff, funds to help struggling workers and families, and aid to businesses including strategic industries like aviation and car manufacturing.

The bill goes to the Senate on Tuesday. The government has warned that France’s economy, one of the world's biggest, could shrink 8% this year and see its worst recession since World War II.