Against the “curse” of the debt, François Bayrou makes the unsure wager of a common mobilization of the French | EUROtoday

François Bayrou had determined that the presentation of his funds orientations could be his “Moment of truth”. After weeks of a skillfully maintained suspense, the Prime Minister, the intense air, lastly lifted the veil, Tuesday July 15, on the measures he provides to finish the ” curse “ debt. Playing balancingists between “Red lines” of his allies, and attempting to not postpone the left of presidency instantly.
Helped by a prompter for the fluidity of the topic, Mr. Bayrou drew up, earlier than an viewers of ministers, parliamentarians, senior officers and journalists, a voluntarily alarmist desk of the nation’s public funds. “Each second, France’s debt increases by 5,000 euros (…). We have a duty to take up our responsibilities, because it is the last station before the cliff ”he alerted.
“Over -indebtedness”which obliges “Borrow each month to pay for pensions or pay the salaries of civil servants”,, “Is a curse that has no method out”still warned the tenant of Matignon, evoking, to prepare the spirits for an unusual effort, Greece of the years 2015-2019, which, over-indebted, “Had to consent immense sacrifices”as “Reduce retirement by 30 % and 15 % the wage of civil servants”.
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