Gabriel Attal does not believe his Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire has presidential ambitions. “I don’t believe (he has any ambition).
These are questions that are important but I would not base a personal political ambition solely on these subjects” of budgetary policy, added the head of government. Gabriel Attal assured Thursday from Ottawa that the budget was “held” after a revision of forecasts on the deficit which will still reach 5.1% of GDP in 2024. He rejects, like the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, the idea of going through a amending finance bill (PLFR) for 2024, which would open the way to a motion of censure from the opposition. Like former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, in his eyes “officially a candidate” for the presidency of France in 2027, said Attal on Friday evening in front of several journalists, on the sidelines of a trip to Canada. He said: “Everyone does what they want, but there are plenty of subjects to talk about”