Michel Barnier will obtain the deputies of the Republican Right on Wednesday, towards a backdrop of tensions because the finances examination approaches | EUROtoday

During the query session to the federal government, the Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, mentioned he hoped {that a} fee of inquiry would say “the truth” on the budgetary slippage, whereas the precept of reworking the Finance Committee right into a committee of inquiry into this matter should be recorded subsequent week.

“In 2017-2018, previous governments brought the deficit below 3%. And then there was a rush” with the conflict in Ukraine, inflation and the Covid disaster, defined the Prime Minister to the National Assembly.

“And then we poorly managed the way out of the crisis, and the reality today is this. Moreover, you recently proposed a commission of inquiry which will have to determine the figures, the facts, the truth and tell it to the French.”added Mr. Barnier.

During the session of questions to the government, he responded to former Republican colleague, MP Eric Ciotti, now president of the Union of Rights for the Republic (UDR) group, an ally of the National Rally (RN). “Stop giving us lessons and I will always listen to them attentively (…) provided that we stick to the facts, the figures, the truth”he additionally advised Mr. Ciotti who accused him of missing “ of courage » and having presented a budget “ worthy of a socialist government “.

Michel Barnier said he defended a draft budget for 2025 “responsibility” counting 60 billion euros in financial savings, together with 40 billion in spending cuts and 20 billion in tax will increase. “If we let this debt slip away, and the crisis that will go with it, we will lose our sovereignty”he warned.

Mr. Ciotti introduced final week his want to use the “drawing right” of his group to create a fee of inquiry into the “drift in public finances”. Then the president of the Finance Committee Eric Coquerel (LFI) made recognized his intention to request for this “ComFi” investigative powers on the identical topic.

On Tuesday, the Conference of Presidents of the National Assembly determined to “join the two commissions of inquiry”.