2023-05-07 09:49:41
The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, mid-April. STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP
DECRYPTION – While promising to reduce the deficit, the government continues to announce spending after spending.
We know that good resolutions are easier to make than to keep. And it would seem that this rule also applies in terms of budgetary seriousness. Bercy has affirmed and reaffirmed for months that the purse strings of “whatever the cost” are indeed closed. “ France is close to the euro“, had even hammered Bruno Le Maire by presenting the 2023 budget. While the negotiations for the 2024 budget are preparing, the announcements rather give the impression that the government is not close to a billion.
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