Gabriel Attal renews the government’s commitment to lower taxes for the middle classes

The Prime Minister was a guest on TF1 after the announcement of the list of ministers in his government.

“Action” And “results” For “respond to the problems of the French” with “efficiency”. Gabriel Attal presented his method on TF1 after the announcement of the list of ministers in his government on Thursday January 11.

The Prime Minister notably promised to keep Emmanuel Macron’s commitment to lower taxes for the middle classes. “The president has committed (to lowering taxes by two billion euros) and obviously, we will meet his commitment” because the “French people are waiting for us to act for them”affirmed the head of government, without specifying the timetable.

Regarding the surprise appointment to Culture of the former Sarkozy Minister of Justice Rachida Dati, indicted in particular for corruption, Gabriel Attal invoked the “presumption of innocence”. “Indictment is not a conviction (…) it does not mean guilt“, he declared, greeting “a woman of commitment, of energy, who all her life fought to obtain what she wanted to obtain”.

“Hear” the oppositions

On his appointment at age 34 as the youngest Prime Minister in the history of the Republic, he admitted to having wondered if he was “capable of assuming this function”. But “I decided to get involved, because I love my country, and I want to meet the expectations of our fellow citizens”he added, citing “the promotion of work, security, our public services, schools, hospitals, the challenge of the environment” and of “the fight against global warming”.

Asked about the right-wing of the government, he affirmed that he was not “not here asking (his) ministers to empty their pockets to show (him) the card of their political party”. He assured that the government understood “people who have a right-wing sensibility” and people “who have a left-wing sensibility”citing Eric Dupond-Moretti, who remains Keeper of the Seals, Stéphane Séjourné, the secretary general of the presidential Renaissance party appointed to Foreign Affairs, and Sylvie Retailleau, appointed to her former position of Minister of Higher Education.

Asked about his possible presidential ambitions, he replied that “2027 is not the subject, what interests me is 2024”. He also expressed his conviction “that we can move forward”despite the absence of an absolute majority in the National Assembly, and promised to “hear (the oppositions, editor’s note)”. “We must try to work with them.”