Faced with the deficit, Gabriel Attal defends the choice to focus on the value of work. On Tuesday, INSEE announced a deficit well above the executive's forecasts: 5.5% of GDP (instead of 4.9%) for the year 2023.

“An over-indebted country is not a free country,” he admits. But how does he intend to replenish the coffers, beyond the recent slash of 10 billion euros and the 20 billion euros to be found by 2025?