Without waiting for his appearance on “20 Heures” on Wednesday, Gabriel Attal reacted on Tuesday afternoon to the poor public finance figures published by INSEE.
“The reality is that there has been an economic slowdown, that, faced with that, we obviously need very great rigor in the choices we make,”
replied the Prime Minister, questioned by the leader of Les Républicains deputies, Olivier Marleix, describing
the situation as
“serious” .
Public debt reached 110.6% of GDP at the end of 2023, down compared to 2022 (111.9%) but above the government forecast (109.7%).
As for the public deficit, it will slip to reach 5.5% of GDP in 2023, or 154 billion euros, compared to 4.8% in 2022. A figure much higher than the government's forecast, which was committed to containing the deficit at 4.9%.
This gap represents
“a deterioration of 15.8 billion euros compared to the latest forecasts”
, recognized Thomas Cazenave, Minister…
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