Budget 2025: Eric Lombard, a quasi-Prime Minister (from the left) at Bercy

At first glance, Eric Lombard is a determined, calm and methodical man. At second glance, too. He’s not casual, he’s serious. However, he sometimes laughs. On December 24, for example, when Apolline de Malherbe, BFMTV journalist, revealed live that her guest Olivier Faure had secretly promoted the general director of the Caisse des Dépôts as Prime Minister. The boss of the PS recognizes the obvious. It’s not bad for the truth to come out.