The name of the new Prime Minister known today or tomorrow. This is the promise made by Emmanuel Macron during the meeting of the political forces represented in the National Assembly, excluding RN and LFI, yesterday. Received at the Elysée, all the political leaders said they were ready to compromise, while setting conditions: a left-wing head of government for some, no left-wing program for others.
So a week after the vote on the motion of censure against the Barnier government, who will succeed Matignon? This Wednesday, discussions continue. But “there is currently no broader base than that which is in place today”, declared the spokesperson for the resigned government, Maud Bregeon adding “that it therefore now remained to be seen whether some were ready to broaden this base or to agree on a principle of non-censorship”.
In the meantime, the special bill on the budget, to ensure “the continuity of the State”, was presented during the Council of Ministers. This text aims to “avoid a shutdown”, in the words of the resigning Minister of Budget and Public Accounts. This measure, permitted by article 45 of the organic law relating to finance laws, was announced on Thursday December 5 by Emmanuel Macron in his televised speech. The censorship of the Barnier government has in fact left pending the examination in Parliament of the draft budget for 2025, including in particular the promises made by the executive to the farmers who have been mobilized for several weeks and some of whom have decided to direct their anger against the parliamentarians.
In one week, more than thirty deputies saw their permanence in regions degraded. These actions, most often claimed by the FNSEA, mainly targeted deputies from the New Popular Front and the National Rally. Farmers notably walled up the Drôme headquarters of the RN, in Valence, and tagged a message on the concrete blocks: “Censorship is putting us in the wall”.
A political situation which also worries the economic world. The president of Medef Patrick Martin has just written to the future Prime Minister. In this letter posted on social networks, he discusses the impact of “political instability” on the “real economy” and the urgency of obtaining visibility on the new budget for France. “I think that as I speak to you, we have already entered a slight recession. All the latest public estimates or economic organizations, half-heartedly, say so,” says Patrick Martin. According to him, “certain indicators are particularly worrying: half of the foreign investors who said they wanted to invest in France have suspended or even canceled their project. Another warning signal, we have recorded 66,000 bankruptcy filings this year. A historic record.”
So how to get out of the crisis?
The experts:
– Philippe DESSERTINE – Director of the Institute of High Finance, author of The great shift
– Nathalie SAINT-CRICQ – Political columnist – France Télévisions
– Lou FRITEL – Journalist – Paris Match
– Soazig QUEMENER – Editor-in-chief – La Tribune Sunday
– Anne-Charlène BEZZINA – Political scientist and constitutionalist
