The coronavirus, a legitimate alibi against budgetary virtue

The hour is serious and the Minister for the Economy assures it: all the means will be put to face the crisis of the coronavirus. Give more to hospitals, support businesses in difficulty. "We have to put the package," said Bruno Le Maire even before the representatives of the living forces gathered Tuesday in Bercy. Even if the health and economic consequences in the medium term are still uncertain.

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"For a few weeks, we're not going to wonder what it costs," confirms a member of the government. The principle does not suffer any discussion, nor any controversy. There is obviously no question of introducing budgetary reluctance into a public health debate, nor of taking the risk of plunging the country into recession. However, he definitively buries the desire that France may have had to be a good student in terms of public finances.

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