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Find Michel Barnier’s general policy declaration in its entirety
Find Michel Barnier’s general policy declaration in its entirety
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The Prime Minister presented his “five priority projects” on Tuesday: “standard of living”, “public services”, school and health in the lead, “security”, “immigration” and “fraternity”.
He passed his grand oral exam. The Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, made his general policy declaration on Tuesday, October 1, to the National Assembly. Pointing out the need to “do a lot with a little”the tenant of Matignon exposed his “five priority projects” : “standard of living”, “public services”school and health in mind, “security”, “immigration” And “fraternity”.
First concrete commitment: reduce the deficit to 5% of GDP in 2025, with the objective of returning below 3% in 2029, while the deficit should reach 6% this year. “The first cure for debt is reducing spending” And “in 2025, two thirds of the recovery effort will come from there”he added. Seconde “remedy” : “Spending efficiency”. The third remedy will be the most painful: fiscal leverage.
Michel Barnier insisted on the need for “respect for the rule of law”after the controversy created by the comments of his Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau. The latter declared this weekend that the rule of law was not “not intangible, nor sacred”.
Michel Barnier also mentioned, as when he arrived at Matignon, the “ecological debt”confirming the continued development of nuclear power, “but also renewable energies”.