“I knew from day one that my government’s time was limited” | EUROtoday

The switch of energy between Michel Barnier and François Bayrou befell in Matignon, Friday December 13. “We proposed a budget, a difficult budget, where everything was difficult, to reduce our deficit. And with a majority of parliamentarians, particularly in the Senate, we were close to a balanced agreement”recalled the outgoing Prime Minister, explaining that “this deficit did not disappear as if by magic with a motion of censure”. François Bayrou expressed “a feeling of gratitude” with regard to his predecessor.