The break-in is complete.
Gabriel Attal enters the hard part.
However, it is not the political equation that is the most difficult for him to resolve, but the economic and budgetary equation.
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The outlook is bleak.
Already, twelve billion savings had to be found by 2025 to respect the trajectory of public finances on which the executive had committed itself.
But the first piece of bad news is that revenues for 2023 were lower than expected.
And, second bad news, France is preparing to lower its growth forecasts for 2024. The 1.4% announced is out of reach.
It will rather be slightly above 1%.
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However, every tenth of a point lost amounts to hundreds of millions of euros missing from the budget.
The time will therefore be more than ever for budgetary rigor.
Ministers are already aware.
During the government seminar, the Prime Minister warned them that no announcement could be made without the approval of Bercy...
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