Budget referendum: Bayrou is struggling to persuade | EUROtoday

François Bayrou already seems to be lonely in his ascent of the Himalayas. The Prime Minister launched, on Saturday May 3, in a river interview at Sunday newspaper (JDD), the concept of ​​a referendum on a “Overview” restoration of public funds, which ” will ask[it] efforts to everyone ”. “I believe the query [du budget] is critical sufficient, heavy sufficient penalties for the way forward for the nation, in order that it’s addressed on to residents, He advised the weekly. I subsequently don’t deviate from any chance. »» But, by evoking this surprising monitor to validate painful financial savings, the top of presidency precipitated the skepticism of the Elysée and a bumper of political events, even in his personal coalition.

The concept of ​​a barely debated referendum, the entourage of Emmanuel Macron partly disowned, on Sunday, the strategy of François Bayrou, thus defending a presidential prerogative. “As long as the plan mentioned by the Prime Minister is not known, it is difficult to decide, whether it is legal, on that of political opportunity, only on the question of substance and interest in the nation”, advances a relative of the President of the Republic.

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