The Head of State brought together several ministers and executives from the majority at the Élysée on Wednesday evening to discuss public finances and European elections, less than three months before the vote, while the Renaissance-Horizons-Modem alliance remains behind more than ten points compared to that of the RN. Two crisis issues that are stirring in the ranks of the majority. And while the figures look bad, the head of state held meetings until late at night.
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A two-part evening and maximum mobilization at the top of the State. Around the table in particular, Bruno Le Maire, Gérald Darmanin, Catherine Vautrin Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity, Thomas Cazenave, Minister of Public Accounts. A crisis unit to address the country’s calamitous financial situation and the perilous political context.
This is obviously the European elections and the majority’s strategy aimed at attacking the RN. Method which did not bear fruit, according to the head of state. He also called for better defense of the results of his MEPs before making proposals on the program in April.
Public deficit
And after the European vote, it was public finances which occupied the rest of the evening. With a “ difficult situation due to the geopolitical context », Explained Emmanuel Macron to the participants. INSEE will deliver its verdict on March 26, but the figures are not good: the 2023 public deficit will be “ significantly » higher than the 4.9% of GDP planned, warned the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire. The objective of a deficit reduced to 4.4% this year appears out of reach. The head of state would have surveyed his guests on possible avenues for reducing the deficit without any decision being taken.
Emmanuel Macron played the role of campaign director, calling on his troops to make fewer comments and more mobilization in view of the European elections. Because he knows it: the political capacity of the executive to have its decisions accepted will also depend on the majority score on June 9. budgetary decisions.