It is soon the moment of truth for the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier which must present this Thursday (October 10, 2024) the budget for 2025. A text closely observed in Brussels where the French deficit is worrying, expected at 6.1% of the GDP this year, far from the 3% limit set by the European Union. Are these rules still appropriate? Should we take inspiration from the Chinese and American giants?
To debate it :
– Clément Carbonnier, professor of economics at the University of Paris 8, researcher at the Dyonisian Economics Laboratory and co-director of the socio-fiscal policies axis of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for the Evaluation of Public Policies, Sciences Po
– Clara Leonardeconomist, founder and general director of the Avant-Garde Institute, a laboratory of ideas dedicated to the transition economy. Author of a thesis on the history of French public debt doctrines
-Christian de Boissieuprofessor emeritus of economics at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and vice-president of the Circle of Economists.