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The minister in charge of public accounts, Amélie de Montchalin, says she wants to find a draft budget that “brings together the common base” by “to September”.
POLITICS – After the announcements, the hardest part begins for the government: convince. As François Bayrou said on the sidelines of the Tour de France on Saturday, the Minister of Public Accounts Amélie de Montchalin confirms this Sunday, July 20, wanting to lead to a draft text “From here to September” Who “Gather the common base”. Faced with the budgetary situation, she urges to find “A compromise in a historical moment”.
” With [le ministre de l’Économie] Éric Lombard, by September, we want to lead to a strong budget project that brings together the common base. Then we will open up to other political forces ”she declares in an interview with La Tribune on Sunday.
“We want to lead to a clear compromise within three months” et “Our goal is to find an agreement on the essentials”adds the Minister of Public Accounts. “The expectation is expensive: in credibility, savings, capacity to invest. All those who will seek the presidency in 2027 but who have contributed to the blockage will not be credible ”according to her.
On the abolition of two holidays (Easter Monday and the victory of May 8), one of the proposals that most marked the spirits, Amélie de Montchalin seems in any case already mentioning the idea of a first concession from the Prime Minister’s proposal, François Bayrou.
“I am in favor of the French are better paid for these two days worked”, proposes the minister, who justifies: “The objective is to best distribute what will be produced by these two additional days of work: employees must find their account there. »»
“Waiting is expensive”
Asked about the reactions to the draft budget presented by François Bayrou on Tuesday – including many negatives -, Amélie de Montchalin replies that he is “Normal that this is the subject of reactions”. More “Those in October may not be those in July”.
“We are in a particular moment when we have to find people who have the courage to assume with us”she said. “” Finding a compromise in a historic moment for our country without denying oneself is possible ”she says. The Minister “Think that there are men and women on all benches who see that their responsibility is to restore confidence to the French and a serenity in the country by 2027”.
Thus seeming to reach out to the oppositions, she adds that“In February, we adopted a better budget thanks to the contributions of oppositions, especially of the Socialist Party”like for example “Credits for overseas or the Barnier fund”. And about LRs, members of the government but criticism of budget cuts deemed insufficient, the minister claims to wait “Without provocation, we are offered additional savings, additional structural reforms”ensuring that the government is “Ready to go further”.
François Bayrou, traveling to Pau, said on Saturday giving himself “Two months” so that the budget plan presented this week “Find its completion”.
