The draft budget must be presented next Thursday to the Council of Ministers. A crisis budget whose objective is to begin to stop the widening of public deficits which have exceeded the alert level according to Michel Barnier. Asked about this situation and its impact on France’s financial credibility during the closing press conference of the Francophonie summit in Paris, Emmanuel Macron returned the ball to his Prime Minister and to Parliament…
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A debt colossal “, that’s what Michel Barnier said he found it when he arrived at Matignon. The Prime Minister who, on several occasions, questioned the financial results of the previous government. So it was with a hint of exasperation in his voice thatEmmanuel Macron responded to a question about his responsibility for the increase in deficits. “ Where I am, I ensure the independence and stability of the country. I have been doing this for seven years through crises and let’s not forget everything we did during these crises… I see some people who said we did too little reproach us today for having done too much! I try to be consistent. »
It is not easy to remain in your role as president who lets the Prime Minister govern when the policy pursued for seven years is under attack, underlines Valérie Gasfrom the RFI political service. So Emmanuel Macron reminds everyone of their responsibilities in the present moment: “ It is up to the Prime Minister to lead the affairs of his government and to do so in dialogue with the parliamentary groups where it seems to me that there are officials with whom he must build the solution and who have a fairly clear vision of public affairs. and the budget of recent months and recent years…”
In other words, Michel Barnier must negotiate with Gabriel Attal, Gerald Darmaninthe former ministers now deputies of the main group of the Prime Minister’s parliamentary base who contest his budgetary choices…
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