The pension reform has left its mark. Regrets too. So much so that in the ranks of the majority, we continue to replay the film by evoking what could have been improved. Be more pedagogical, perhaps. Be clearer about the objectives of the text, no doubt. The MoDem deputy passed by the Court of Auditors, Jean-Louis Bourlanges, still thinks about it and regrets it. "We did not choose to focus on the argument of balanced budgets. And why? Because the French don't give a damn," he said. Before adding: "But I think that in truth, a silent minority is sensitive to it."
In the political class too, the supporters of this line, which still advocates the balance of public accounts, are in the minority. They have never been very numerous, of course. The France has often set aside fiscal orthodoxy to deal with crises. First, massive spending was needed to rebuild the country in the aftermath of the wars. Then there was...
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