“A fighting budget.” After the first savings avenues outlined by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, it is the turn of the government spokesperson to speak on the 2025 budget. “There is a national effort to be made,” admitted Maud Bregeon, Friday October 4, on CNews. She assured that the government would “massively reduce state spending”without giving further details. Regarding tax increases, “it is legitimate and fair to ask for a targeted, exceptional and temporary effort from those who can do it the most”she said. Follow our live stream.
Michel Barnier on the move. The Prime Minister goes to the Livestock Summit in Cournon d’Auvergne on Friday (Puy-de-Dôme) with the Minister of Agriculture Annie Genevard. He must then visit the Constellium company in Issoire (Puy-de-Dôme) with the Minister of the Economy Antoine Armand before joining the president at the gala dinner of the Francophonie Summit at the Elysée.
The Socialist Party calls for censorship. “We must censor” the government of Michel Barnier next week, “because we must censure the decision of the President of the Republic not to respect the vote of the French”, argued socialist Carole Delga, president of the Occitanie region. “The contract with the people is primacy”she underlines.
Popularity or effectiveness? “We have too often sought popularity rather than the proper functioning of the country”estimates Laurence Garnier, Secretary of State for Consumer Affairs, regarding budgetary savings. “The woman on the right that I am notes, like the entire government, that the situation of public accounts today is extremely serious.”