As part of discussions on the 2025 budget, Eric Coquerel, MP for La France insoumise, met on Thursday January 9 with the Minister of Economy and Finance, Éric Lombard. At the end of this meeting, he estimated on franceinfo that theth budget of the Bayrou government “will look very similar to the Barnier budget, only worse”. The elected official from Seine-Saint-Denis is the only rebel to have gone to Bercy, as president of the finance committee of the National Assembly, while his party refused to participate in government consultations. Follow our live stream.
The social partners also received at Bercy. According to the entourage of the Minister of the Economy to franceinfo, Medef and the CFDT are invited on Thursday, and the CGT on Friday at 4 p.m. According to the same source, it is“exchanges which will cover all economic and social subjects”which can range from budget to energy via competitiveness or industry. The ministry does not rule out new meetings with other organizations, without further details.
Negotiating with the government is “the only possible path” for Olivier Faure. Morning guest https://twitter.com/TF1Info/status/1877247730482884892the first secretary of the PS justified the participation of the socialists, accompanied by ecologists and communists, in a meeting at the Ministry of the Economy on Wednesday evening: “When there is no majority, there is a search for compromise”he justified, ensuring he had to “accept the working conditions given by the French”.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon criticizes his NFP partners. The leader of the rebels denounced Wednesday evening the “forfeiture” against the alliance of the New Popular Front and the “servility” socialist, environmentalist and communist representatives who negotiated Wednesday evening with the government around the budget. “This way of negotiating behind the back of the NFP and against its program is a total disrespect for our alliance”he wrote on X.
François Bayrou is “ready to discuss”, according to Sophie Binet. “Like his three predecessors, the Prime Minister listened to us politely” et “he told us again that he was ready to discuss all subjects, including the starting age” retired, commented Thursday on France 2 the general secretary of the CGT Sophie Binet, the day after an interview with François Bayrou.
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