We will have to wait a little longer. The new government is not expected to be known. “before Sunday”said LR MPs’ spokesperson Vincent Jeanbrun on Sud Radio on Monday, September 16. Prime Minister Michel Barnier has “a complex equation to solve” to compose an executive which must include “people who have experience” to get the budget voted through, he justifies. He also recalls that the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life (HATVP) also had to “to verify the probity of each member of the government”. Follow our live.
Jordan Bardella warns Michel Barnier. The President of the National Rally declared on Monday morning that “If Michel Barnier is the successor to a policy that has been led by Emmanuel Macron for eight years, then this government will fall.” The RN “will judge on the evidence”explains Jordan Bardella, who also declares that he does not believe “that this government can last a long time.”
Eric Coquerel puts pressure on for the budget. The chairman of the National Assembly’s finance committee, Eric Coquerel (LFI), confirmed on France 2 on Monday morning that if the Prime Minister did not give him a “sign” to send him the documents for his budget proposal for the 2025 financial year, he would go “to the doors of Matignon” accompanied by Charles de Courson, the general budget rapporteur.
• Fabien Roussel denounces “the RN’s political coup”. Asked about the instructions to adopt in the face of the proposed law to repeal the RN’s pension reform, which must be examined during the parliamentary “niche”, scheduled for October 31, Fabien Roussel denounced a “political coup”. He estimated that “They are liars [au RN] regarding pension reform”. “He said it [Jordan] Bardella, with them, the French will retire at 65-66-67 years old”he assured on France Inter.