the left and the RN will take responsibility for “sending France into the wall”, declares Maud Bregeon

“We have the choice between raising our heads, or sinking in,” says the spokesperson for Michel Barnier's government, threatened with censorship over the budget vote.

Threatened with censorship by the left and the far right, Prime Minister Michel Barnier reiterated on TF1 that he would resort “certainly” at 49.3 to pass his budget which aims to reduce the country's heavy deficit. “We are going through an extremely serious moment, decisive for the country, France is at a crossroads,” declared Wednesday November 27 on franceinfo government spokesperson Maud Bregeon, guest of franceinfo.

“We have the choice between raising our heads, or sinking into a deficit which will lead us towards lasting weakening”adds the government spokesperson. Faced with the risk of censorship from Michel Barnier's government and the lack of a majority in the National Assembly, Maud Bregeon believes that “those who take the risk of sending the country into the wall will have to assume responsibility for a lasting weakening of the country”. According to her, France finds itself in a “political context that we have not known for decades”.

During the debates around the vote on the budget for next year in the National Assembly, “the Prime Minister has continued to reach out to the different parliamentary groups”, assures the spokesperson. Michel Barnier is “a responsible man”, qI hope that “the rest of the political leaders will be too.”

Maud Bregeon believes, moreover, that “the consequence of a political crisis and a probable financial crisis in France will impact our diplomatic weight internationally and our ability to defend our interests on a European and international scale”. The government spokesperson takes the example of the Mercosur free trade treaty, rejected by parliament and the government because it was considered harmful to French agriculture. “Good luck to take on a standoff on a European scale when you are in the middle of a political crisis, without a government”warns Maud Bregeon, who “with a whisk” on the consequences of a lasting political crisis.