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POLITICS – He asked a lot, but this time, it was he who was asked for. And nothing is his fault. This is essentially what Bruno Le Maire wanted to demonstrate to the senators of the finance committee of the upper house. As you can see in the video at the top of the articlewhen he was questioned about the slippage in the public deficit, the former minister preferred to refer responsibility to the government of Michel Barnier.
Deploring the “attacks” et ” lies “ suffered according to him since “months”the one who now teaches in Lausanne, Switzerland, came to defend his ” truth “ as part of this information mission on the drift in public accounts.
Asked about the chronology of the facts which led to a public deficit estimated at 6.1% for 2024, far from the predictions of 4.4% on which the minister stuck, he said: “When I am told that the deficit in 2024 will be at 6.1%, it is the choice of the current government (…) I dispute this figure of 6.1%. »
“Neither fault, nor concealment”
“There was no fault, no concealment, no desire to deceive. There was basically a serious technical error in the assessment of revenues”developed Bruno Le Maire. While revenues are 41.5 billion euros lower than the forecasts on which he worked, the former tenant of Bercy cleared himself, insisting on the fact that “never, at any time, neither the cabinet, nor a fortiori the minister, say a word about the assessment of revenues”.
An argument which did not convince the senators, and in particular Jean-François Husson, the general rapporteur of the budget. The latter did not hide his annoyance at the end of the hearing. “You said: “Reducing France’s debt, for seven years, was my obsession.” Fortunately you say it, because unfortunately the facts strongly contradict you. »
After the former head of Bercy, the Senate will hear Thomas Cazenave in the afternoon, then former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Friday and his predecessor Élisabeth Borne on November 15.
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