As before each presidential election, the outgoing head of state - especially when he is a candidate (declared or not) for his own succession - takes out the state checkbook to sprinkle wide open the floodgates of the expenditure.
Emmanuel Macron is no exception to the rule and the 2022 budget, which must be presented on September 22, is a glaring example.
Not a week goes by without a new expense being announced.
This Thursday morning, it is Olivier Véran who formalized the free pill and all the adjoining care / consultations for those under 25 from January 1 ... 2022. And this to limit unwanted pregnancies.
The cost, unveiled by the Minister of Health?
21 million euros per year.
But if there was only that ... In Marseille last week, during his three-day trip to the Marseille capital, the President of the Republic aligned no less than 1.5 billion euros in aid emergency for the city ... Credits
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