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This Friday, November 8, it was the turn of the former Prime Minister to be heard by the senators as part of their information mission on the slippage in public spending. Sometimes lively exchanges during which he defended each of his arbitrations.
It was not until the last minutes of his hearing before the senators as part of their information mission on the slippage of public finances over the past two years that Gabriel Attal, Prime Minister from January 9 to September 5, ended up recognizing: “We didn't do everything well, it's certain that there were decisions we made that weren't necessarily good, that there were good decisions that perhaps we should have take.” Without, however, saying which ones and specifying: “What I came to tell you is that we did our best. What I hope is that you will recognize that we did things well, that we did what we could.”
These two and a half hours of discussions with the members of the finance committee were at times tense: “We are not in a battle of ragpickers!” even exclaimed Senator LR Jean-François Husson, general budget rapporteur, who also denounced: “The start of 2024 is going completely to hell! When there is a gap of 50 billion in nine months, it is a form of indication
