This article comes from “Figaro Magazine”
Relief when the list of delegate ministers of Gabriel Attal's government was announced: there is always one in Foreign Trade!
Because if there is one subject that deserves our full attention, it is this one.
In 2022, our trade deficit reached a peak: 162.7 billion euros (because of oil)!
In 2023, we returned to 99.6 billion, according to the most recent customs figures, but that does not allow us to pay compliments.
Franck Riester therefore takes over from Olivier Becht who hardly had time to make himself known.
He, on the other hand, is not a novice, moving from the Ministry of Culture to that of Foreign Trade (the year of record deficits), then to Relations with Parliament before returning to Foreign Trade, which also includes the Francophonie... He will therefore organize a summit of heads of state on October 4 and 5 at the Château de Villers-Cotterêts, an international city...
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