Consultations continue in the Ministry of Economy on the 2025 finance bill. The Minister of Economy, Éric Lombard, has been receiving the different political forces since Monday to reach a compromise on this year’s budget.
This Wednesday, January 8, the Socialist Party, the Ecologists and the French Communist Party were received during an interview in Bercy that lasted approximately three hours.
“A constructive meeting, in line with bilateral meetings with attentive ministers, but obviously not conclusive,” commented the left-wing participants.
“Depending on the result we will decide whether to censor or not”
For his part, the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, estimated that “nothing is finished.”
“It is a real negotiation with difficult points. It is difficult for everyone. We continue to work hard. What we are looking for is for the French to have the feeling that the Government’s policy is changing,” declared Olivier Faure at the end of the meeting.
“Depending on the result, we will decide whether to censor or not,” he said.
“We reiterate our position on pension reform, which is evidently a central issue. The ball is now in the court of the Government and, in particular, the Prime Minister,” said a left-wing participant, specifying that “discussions were limited to the themes”. that are not very divisive”, as opposed to “the central issue of pensions, tax justice and the civil service.
“We expect commitments in the general policy statement on the suspension of pension reform,” he said. This general policy statement by François Bayrou will take place on January 14.
For his part, Jean-Luc Mélenchon denounced the “infringement” and “servility” of the PS, the environmentalists and the PCF. “This way of negotiating behind the back of the NFP and against its program is a total lack of respect towards our alliance,” he wrote in X. “The small traditional left has nothing to offer and its negotiators are simply ridiculous in their servility” , he added. the rebel leader.
Eric Lombardoestimated this Monday that the dialogue promises to be more “fruitful” with the left-wing parties than with the National Group (RN) with a view to an agreement on the 2025 budget. Comments reported by Marine Le Pen who considers it a “very bad sign.”
Source: BFM TV
