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time now to turn to today's business news and stephen carl joins us for that steven starting with the motor industry and the latest figures show how the sector has been hit by the pandemic that's right new car registrations across the european union fell by almost a quarter in 2020. that's ing to new figures from the european automobiles manufacturer association it's the biggest yearly drop in demand since records began spain saw the worst plunge where sales were down by almost a third followed by italy and france the worst of the slump was in april of last year when sales were down by 76 despite a recovery later in the year sales in december were still three percent lower than the previous year well meanwhile here in france the country's busiest airport was a lot quieter last year stephen that's right the number of passengers traveling through paris is charles de gaulle airport it was down by 70 percent in 2020 just over 22 million passengers used the airport last year all international travel saw sharp falls with the biggest drop was in traffic from north america which is down by 80 percent despite that plunging passenger numbers charles de gaulle airport did overtake london's heathrow to become europe's busiest airport in 2020 now staying here in france people and i have to say i am among them still working out how to adapt shopping habits to that new 6 pm curfew it is early yeah and of course monday was the first working day that people had to try and balance getting home by 6 p.m with work and everything else all shops now have to close at 6 p.m in france a move which retail groups have warned risks 30 of revenues for shops a big shift for consumers too as catherine vietnam reports gar san lazar anxious commuters are running for the train home hoping to beat the new 6pm curfew but this train has been canceled which means its passengers won't make it home in time a rush of customers too ahead of closing time at this bakery in the paris suburbs here in bordeaux as stores showed an hour earlier the majority of customers are now finishing their errands at 5 pm many shopkeepers worry this will mean a big drop in sales some people are waiting till the last minute to head home between 6 pm and 6 am anyone who breaks curfew without a valid reason risks 135 euro fine well while restaurants here in france have been closed since october dining out is resuming in mexico city city relaxing some of its covert 19 restrictions allowing restaurants to seat customers on outdoor terraces at a maximum of 30 percent capacity they also must stop serving at 6 pm this decision comes after protests from restauranteurs about being forced to close mexico city has been the epicenter of the country's virus outbreak hospitals there remain close to capacity nevertheless the mayor says that this reopening is a positive move important [Music] look at what's happening on the markets for you next european shares starting the day up mining companies leading the gains at the beginning of trading gains across london paris and frankfurt there shares in the swiss company logitech up eight percent after their latest results just one of those companies that's seen a benefit of people working from home buying things like webcams to equip their home offices asian shares were boosted earlier by optimism over china's economy after its latest economic figures that were out on monday the cosby in seoul and the hang seng in hong kong both up by over two percent finally from you stephen francis's finance minister has again expressed his support for agenda quotas in senior management roles brunei mayor was speaking to a parliamentary committee about this issue on monday he said that companies should move faster to increase female representation and that the government plan to be more ambitious in achieving this through use of quotas this would add to the current laws in france which require publicly listed companies to have at least 40 percent female board members the mayor says the boards shouldn't be used as a shield to allow companies to have fewer women in senior roles elsewhere though where they currently just make up 17 of managers eve stephen thanks a lot for that business update do