Bruno Le Maire believes that we must put an end to the welfare state. “ Free everything, for everyone, all the time: it’s untenable! There is always someone who pays for free,” says the minister.

The minister is launching a “ cry of alarm ” to the 27 members of the European Union. Between an “ increasingly interventionist ” China and an ‘ increasingly protectionist ’ United States, Europe must “ accelerate together ’ to implement a new European economic strategy.