Threat of resignation. Didier Migaud warned Monday October 14 that he would not stay in government if the budget of the Ministry of Justice was not improved. “If we stick to the ceiling letter, yes, I don’t see what I would still do in government”he declared on RTL. The Minister of Justice assured that he trusted Michel Barnier, who told him “gave assurances”.
“I am mobilized so that upward adjustments can be proposed”he insisted. The amount of the justice budget, as made public on Thursday, stands at 10.24 billion euros for 2025, or nearly 500 million euros less than what was initially planned by the law on programming of justice, adopted in October 2023. Follow our live stream.
Tribute day to Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard. One minute of silence for these two teachers murdered by radicalized Islamists is planned for Monday in middle and high schools in France. The Prime Minister is expected this afternoon at the Bois d’Aulne college, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), where Samuel Paty taught. Michel Barnier will be accompanied by the Minister of Education, Anne Genetet.
Michel Barnier intends to continue the fight against “ignorance and fanaticism”. “Three years apart, almost to the day, two teachers died at the hands of Islamist terrorists. They taught French history, knowledge of the world and love of our language. They passed on to their students the taste for learning and the spirit of citizenship”underlined the head of government in a message published Sunday on the social network “We will not forget them. And we will do everything we can to protect our teachers”added the Prime Minister.
Gabriel Attal against the need for a new immigration law. “Making a law for the sake of a law without explaining to us what would be in it does not seem to me to be a total priority”declared the former Prime Minister on France Inter. On Sunday, the government announced a “new law“on immigration, the examination of which could begin”early 2025” in Parliament.
Divisions within government over gas. The Minister of Ecology, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, raised on Friday the possibility of an increase in taxes on gas. Lhe government spokesperson, Maud Brégeon, initially ruled out this possibility. “For the moment, the bill does not include an increase in gas”assured Monday on franceinfo Olga Givernet, Minister Delegate for Energy. But “an amendment is possible, there are discussions at the parliamentary level”, she added.