2023-05-28 23:27:59
Emmanuel Macron, at the Élysée, on May 24. McMay Steve/ABACA
ANALYSIS – Since the 2018 attempt, the executive has not reopened the file. The “yellow vests” and the Covid have been there.
The government repeats it over and over. Despite appearances, the “whatever it takes” is over. Now is the time for fiscal adjustment. A few days before the publication by the agency Standard and Poor’s of its new opinion on the French debt, Bercy multiplies the pledges of seriousness. Last week, the 1% freeze on budget 2023 appropriations was announced. Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, also specified that he would hold a “public finance meeting” on June 19 in order to reveal the government’s ways of saving money for the 2024 budget. As in 2017, the housing ministries and Labor are already identified as potential sources of savings. To gain room for manoeuvre, the government still hopes to play on the fight against tax evasion or the new sanctions reserved for RSA beneficiaries who do not comply with the support path for the return to work.
In her framework letters, the Prime Minister…
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