Gabriel Attal was expected on TF1, Wednesday March 27, for a 30-minute interview. This interview comes after a government seminar in Matignon resembling a Council of Ministers devoted to work, at a time when social spending such as compensation for the unemployed is in the executive’s sights to fill the deficit which slipped in 2023. “There will be a reform of unemployment insurance this year”he announced. Follow the speech of the head of government in our live stream.
A seminar in Matignon. At the end of the government seminar, which lasted nearly two and a half hours, the Prime Minister reiterated the social network commitment “total” of his government for “the desicardization of the country” and the “return to work”. The ministers focused on encouraging people to return to work, which includes the contested reforms of the RSA (active solidarity income) and unemployment insurance, as well as low wages. Also on the agenda were new forms of work, such as the four-day week.
Looking for savings. The government is looking for savings after the public deficit skidded to 5.5% of GDP in 2023, according to INSEE. Or 15.8 billion euros more than the government’s forecasts, which excludes increasing taxes. Ten billion euros in cuts have already been made in mid-February on the 2024 budget, but additional savings will be found this year, warned the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire. And “at least 20 billion” savings are already planned for 2025.
A state complaint against a student from Ravel high school. After the resignation of the principal of the Maurice-Ravel high school in Paris, due to an altercation linked to the wearing of a young woman’s veil and online death threats, the Prime Minister announced that “the State was going to bring charges against this young woman for slanderous denunciation”. He also denounced a “form of Islamist entryism” in the school world.