Prime Minister Michel Barnier speaks. He will be the last to speak. “It’s a moment of truth,” he said. France is over-indebted, that’s the reality. This debt will not disappear by the magic of a motion of censure. This truth will be remembered by any government, whatever it may be.” The country’s deficit should exceed 6%, far from the 4.4% forecast by Bruno Le Maire, the former Minister of the Economy.
“Madame Le Pen, we do not have the same idea of sovereignty, of patriotism,” he says towards the RN. “This motion of censure will make everything more serious and more difficult, I am sure. We must carefully weigh the consequences of this vote,” he adds.
“I am proud to act rather than destroy,” explains Michel Barnier, defending his three-month results. “When it comes time to make way for this serious and important vote, ‘everyone is responsible for everyone’,” he said, quoting Saint-Exupéry. “The general interest should be our only compass.”
“I feel like an honor to have been in the service of the French for three months,” he concludes.
