First government clash.
It took place this week.
It was not public, but it is no less real, pitting Bruno Le Maire against Catherine Vautrin.
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Before the Finance Committee of the National Assembly, the Minister of the Economy and Finance announced that beyond the 10 billion cuts to be made from the 2024 budget, 25 billion additional savings would have to be found in the 2025 budget. Bitter decision, but necessary.
And it is Bercy's role to warn the ministers concerned.
It is the rule.
Known by all and accepted by all.
At a government seminar two weeks ago, Gabriel Attal had also warned everyone that any expenditure announced without the approval of Bercy would be immediately and publicly denied.
But in the Assembly, and in an interview with Le
Monde
, Bruno Le Maire was not content with stating a general principle, he specified that it would be in social spending that it would be necessary to cut to the chase.
And he listed a whole series of tracks…
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