It is an unlikely scenario, but one that is increasing in ministerial positions. As France continues to await the appointment of a Prime Minister, several senior officials assigned to ministerial posts say they are waiting to hear whether they will leave their post – or not!
“It will all depend on who is appointed to the government,” says one of them. Why not continue if the Macronists remain in place? Everything must change so that nothing changes.
At Matignon, Emmanuel Macron has already found the head of the cabinet of the future Prime Minister, before appointing him. It would be the prefect of the North and Upper France, Bertrand Gaume, a close friend of Benoit Hamon, who had already been proposed to replace Aurélien Rousseau after his departure from Elisabeth Borne’s cabinet. The latter refused. But this leak clearly shows the temptation of the Elysée to maintain control of the state apparatus.
In the budget, the end of easy savings
Easy savings from the post-Covid recovery plan: €100 billion, of which €40 billion financed by Europe, in favour of the ecological transition, competitiveness and social and territorial cohesion. After spending tens of billions in 2021 and 2022, the plan is coming to an end. Spending fell to €4.21 billion in 2023, €2 billion this year and will fall to €200 million next year. As we spend less and less, this allows for easy savings to be shown, but this little budgetary sleight of hand is over.
It would also be interesting to know now whether this plan was effective. Yesterday, the European Court of Auditors raised the alarm about the risk of “inefficient spending”. The French Court of Auditors will issue a report on the tricolour plan in a few days.
Source: BFM TV
