François Bayrou already appears to be lonely in his ascent of the Himalayas. The Prime Minister launched, on Saturday May 3, in a river interview at Sunday newspaper (JDD), the idea of a referendum on a “Overview” recovery of public finances, which “Will ask[it] efforts to everyone ”. “I think the question [du budget] is serious enough, heavy enough consequences for the future of the nation, so that it is addressed directly to citizens, He told the weekly. I therefore do not deviate from any possibility. »» But, by evoking this unexpected track to validate painful savings, the head of government caused the skepticism of the Elysée and a bumper of political parties, even in his own coalition.
The idea of a barely debated referendum, the entourage of Emmanuel Macron partly disowned, on Sunday, the method of François Bayrou, thus defending a presidential prerogative. “As long as the plan mentioned by the Prime Minister is not known, it is difficult to decide, whether it is legal, on that of political opportunity, [ou] On the question of the substance and interest in the nation ”, advances a relative of the President of the Republic.
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