“The situation is serious,” judges Gabriel Attal. Asked in the TF1 news about the alarming state of the country's public finances, the Prime Minister responded with an understatement. But his legs—they tremble—betray the gravity of the moment. On Tuesday, INSEE announced a deficit well above the executive's forecasts: 5.5% of GDP (instead of 4.9%) for the year 2023. An economic, but also political, sword of Damocles. “An over-indebted country is not a free country,” he admits.
But how does he intend to replenish the coffers, beyond the recent slash of 10 billion euros and the 20 billion euros to be found by 2025? Very little said about "the rigor" that he had nevertheless mentioned the day before in the Assembly, the Prime Minister only identifies two solutions: "Either you increase taxes, or you ensure that there are more French people who work. »
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