Bruno Le Maire was quite categorical, this Monday morning, at LCI, assuring that it had not been possible to make an “operational, fast and efficient” food control and burying, in fact, the establishment of the device. Surprising statements, while last Tuesday, during her back-to-school press conference, the patron of the FNSEA, the main agricultural union, assured that she had launched, with a service provider, a tool to distribute this bonus feeding…
The FNSEA has even quantified the needs: 2.5 billion to 5.5 billion euros a year. And he confirms to us this Monday, after the declarations of Bruno the mayor, that he is still working on the deployment of this check.
The measure is not buried, either, for the food industry (Ania), nor for the Minister of Agriculture, who explains that “it has started and continues to work”, in parallel to the control of inflation due to the return to classes, ” for the establishment of a sustainable food aid system for the most modest” in which he is working with the Minister of Solidarity.
The FNSEA is now waiting for a consultation between the ministries to start. His leaders have no intention of letting him go. Especially since the food stamp is a central element of their program this fall.
Bercy pressure
The declarations of Bruno Le Maire ressemblent donc plus à un coup de pression médiatique sur ses collègues du gouvernement, alors that Bercy devoile ce mardi les grandes masses budgétaires de la prochaine loi de Finances and that the budget will be officially presented at the Conseil des ministres le 26 September.
The countdown has begun and it is in light of this sequence that we must read the latest outputs of the Minister of Economy and Finance. Translate: “I spend several billion euros, I can no longer afford it.” Thus, he also announced that the CVAE will not be abolished once, but twice: 4,000 million euros in 2023 and 4,000 million in 2024.
All this, in fact, reflects Bercy’s difficulty in completing its 2023 budget. In question, the growth that is running out. Furthermore, Bruno Le Maire no longer speaks of growth at 1.4% for next year, but of “positive” growth. Also in question is the rise in interest rates, which is causing the debt load to explode: +17,000 million euros this year, the equivalent of two CVAEs. And then the inflation protection expenses will continue to be massive in 2023, with a tariff shield and an energy check, which will cost several billion euros.
The budget equation, therefore, is becoming very complicated and Bruno Le Maire is making a very clear political choice in this new school year: control of public finances, with a budget built around the target of a 5% deficit next grade.
Source: BFM TV
