LIVE – On TF1, Élisabeth Borne “regrets” having been judged on sexist criteria during her time at Matignon

Beyond the rumors about the sexism of this or that minister, Élisabeth Borne regretted on TF1 having been “judged” on sexist criteria during her time at Matignon. “As a woman, you are judged, on your outfit, your look, the way you eat.” “This is not what the French expect from a Prime Minister, and yet we are judged on this,” she denounced.

What are the former Prime Minister’s priorities? Questioned on the set of TF1, Elisabeth Borne lists them as follows: “Avoid breaking the dynamic which creates activity and jobs in France. Nor do we penalize those who work with tax increases. And finally, do not not sacrifice the future for the present, by continuing to invest in security, ecological transition and youth.”

On the set of TF1, the former Prime Minister repeats that she cannot explain “how we had such an error on the revenue forecasts for 2023”. Asked about the proposal of certain elected officials to reduce the State’s participation in certain companies, Elisabeth Borne replies that “we must always examine the State’s participations”, but regrets that this option does not reduce the deficit. This only causes “a short-term influx of money”. And what about returning to the 35 Hours as Gérald Darmanin wishes? Here, the elected official from Calvados prefers to leave it to the “debate” in the hemicycle. “What concerns us all is the way in which we return to a new deficit acceptable for our country,” concludes the one who was at Matignon when France recorded 190 billion euros in additional debt.

The MP (EPR) for Calvados, former Prime Minister, will answer questions from Anne-Claire Coudray live.

The Minister of Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin affirmed on Sunday that he was not “opposed” nor “shocked” to the principle of selling State stakes in certain companies to pay off the French debt, although expressing some reservations . “I have never opposed the debate on the sale of State participations,” he indicated on France Inter, questioned about a proposal from ex-ministers Olivia Grégoire and Gérald Darmanin and MP Mathieu Lefèvre. But “you always have to weigh between the sale of shares which allows the repayment of the debt (…) and the shortfall in dividends that this creates if you sell your shares”, he added.

The deputies of the National Rally will not vote on a possible motion to reject the left before the examination of the state budget, announced the group’s deputy president Jean-Philippe Tanguy on Sunday. “We will not vote on the motion to reject (…) because it is a gift to Michel Barnier,” he declared on BFMTV. “They are very happy that there is a motion of rejection and that we are not discussing the budget in front of the French, (…) and that Mr. Barnier can do his little shenanigans with the Macronists in the corridors,” said continued the deputy for Somme, in reference to the mechanisms which would allow the government to have a budget adopted without real debate in the Assembly, such as 49.3.

Lucie Castets announced on Friday evening that she was refusing to run in a partial legislative election in Isère because she refused in the event of an election to sit within the rebellious group in the National Assembly, which was demanded by Jean-Luc’s party. Mélenchon. “Lucie Castets would therefore have been a rebellious MP. That’s the label we wanted to stick to her,” reacted the head of the Ecologists Marine Tondelier on France 3. “It was quite inelegant, I must say,” continued the one. who worked to unite the New Popular Front. “We can’t work like that and everyone throws away their candidates. We tried to do it intelligently with Lucie Castets. Intelligence in politics is sometimes not enough,” she added.

“We have to protect ourselves from the methods of nags. And it’s not because sometimes you don’t like something that you have to outbid yourself by being even more nags,” added the elected representative from Hénin-Beaumont, seeming to target socialists and rebels.

“We are a party which is young, which has experienced adventures and misadventures”, “what I see is that we are an autonomous, free party, on no one’s luggage rack”, says Eric Zemmour about of his Reconquest party, which experienced very poor results in the last European and legislative elections. Will he be able to regain his strength with the union of the rights? “The union of the rights does not mean submission to Le Pen and the National Rally.”

Eric Zemmour criticizes the government’s philosophy which is to demand “tax increases” and to pursue a “slim policy” in spending. “We must lower taxes and make a major plan to reduce spending which is not on the order of a planer”, which “attacks all spending”, proposes the president of Reconquête. “We spend too much”, “we have a huge deficit” but not because we do not have enough revenue, contrary to what the executive says, according to him.

He considers necessary a plan to reduce spending by 200 billion euros per year for 10 years (the government budget targets 60 billion euros in savings in 2025, editor’s note). “We have to hit everything,” he declares, targeting the French administration in particular, noting that there are too many civil servants – 85 per 1000 inhabitants, compared to 56 per 1000 inhabitants in Germany.

Would it be a failure for Michel Barnier to pass his budget via 49.3? No, believes Eric Zemmour, who sees this article of the Constitution as a “weapon” given to the government to pass texts. “It would be a failure if it were overturned by a motion of censure.”

“We have a State which is trying to push for the relocation of pharmaceutical industries and at the same time a State which, through its ecological administrations and its Social Security administration, is pushing for relocation. The State must choose” , estimates Eric Zemmour, invited to comment on the announced relocation of Doliprane production. “Ecological standards drove out the pharmaceutical industry from France 20 years ago,” he says.

Cost of aid, increase in spending, coverage and attractiveness, we have scrutinized the main arguments of the detractors of the AME, including Eric Zemmour.

Is immigration necessary to find the 3 million workers who will be missing in 2030? Should we import labor? No, answers Eric Zemmour. “We have millions of unemployed, these people should first be put to work,” he believes, proposing in particular to reduce the “welfare” policy to encourage them to work. He also thinks that “when we can and as much as we can, machines must replace men”.

“I think this is not the profile we need today,” said Eric Zemmour about Michel Barnier, whom he described as a “soft centrist”, a “negotiator”. “We are living in a historic moment which requires more determined temperaments,” thinks the president of Reconquest.

The government has announced a new immigration law at the start of next year. Is this necessary according to the president of the Reconquest party Eric Zemmour? He notes that over the past 40 years there have been around thirty laws and that “each time there is always more immigration”. “We must understand that we are experiencing historical events which have nothing to do with previous waves of immigration, (…) we are experiencing an invasion”, “we have an African continent which is spilling over into the European continent “, he declared on LCI.

“If there is a new law, I want us to stop legal immigration,” he adds. He wants to put an end to family reunification, no longer welcome foreign students “who don’t bring us much” and eliminate the right to asylum. “I do not want to welcome” homosexuals under threat in their country, he used as an example, believing that the danger they face was “their problem”.

Hello everyone, welcome to this political live stream. On the program for this Sunday: Eric Zemmour will be Marie Chantrait’s guest in the Sunday Event, at noon on LCI.

Furthermore, MP and former Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne will answer questions from Anne-Claire Coudray on TF1’s 20H, on the eve of discussions on the budget in the Assembly.

Meetings to be found in this political direct.