Drivers are being warned to obey weight restrictions on a road bridge or face the prospect of it being entirelyshut while improvements are carried out.
The only way that can be prevented is to shut the banking system entirely, or perhaps place a limit on the amount of withdrawals that can be made over the transition period.
Mr Moscovici said his words were "not entirely appropriate because France is a country that does not need to shut down its public services on a massive scale".