Michel Barnier considers the budgetary situation to be “very serious”

Michel Barnier, the new Prime Minister, indicated on Wednesday 18 September to the “Agence France Presse” that he considered the budgetary situation “very serious”. He asked for elements to assess “the exact reality”.

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While the debate on potential tax increases is stirring up the political sphere, and the development of the 2025 budget is relatively chaotic, Michel Barnier, the new Prime Minister, indicated on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 that France’s budgetary situation was, in his opinion, “very serious”.

A situation of which Michel Barnier wants to know the “exact reality”

In a statement sent to theAgence France Pressehe also clarified that he had “requested all the elements to assess the exact reality”.