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This is what’s called biting the line. No – again – the cross. In an interview with Le Monde on Saturday, the Minister of Economy Arnaud Montebourg puts pressure on the duo Holland-Valls. “Political decisions are not static (…) There is always an alternative” , cowardly elected Saone-et-Loire, which will make his return Sunday at its traditional Rose festival in his stronghold of Frangy-en-Bresse.
When the head of state insists it must go “faster and further” in the ‘cap’ set by the “pact of responsibility” and the Prime Minister refers to “ irresponsible” these socialists question their economic choices, Montebourg again made a step to the left and request the President of the Republic of “pull the budgetary implications” in his choice to adapt the pace of reduction deficits.
Talk to slingers
“We must give priority to the crisis and to overshadow the dogmatic deficit reduction” defends Montebourg to which the eurozone has become a “island Kafkaesque (…) where the leaders of the member countries insist on pursuing policies that block the growth and prevent unemployment down “. The minister insisted: “Reducing deficits forced march is uneconomic because it aggravates unemployment, financial absurdity because it makes it impossible to restore the public accounts and a political disaster because it lays the Europeans in the arm extremist parties “.
But unlike the executive couple for whom the ” stability pact “ and its 50 billion budget savings to fund 40 billion aid to companies and 10 billion tax cuts are the only alternative, Montebourg continues to advocate for a distribution “three thirds” save one third devoted to deficit reduction, one on “business support” and a final allocated to households “to boost their purchasing power and growth” . Something for these socialist deputies called “slingers” disagree with the government’s economic policy. Frangy Sunday, they will also listen to a dozen Montebourg and the other marked minister on the left wing, Benoît Hamon, invited by his colleague of Economy.
“The time of Review “
Holland was however clear this week: ” To those who say we should then review the same strategy that the measures have just been passed, I say that any sculling or zigzag render meaningless our policy and would not produce results . ” But Montebourg has chosen to be “the spokesman of those, so many that call to change our political choices in the euro area” . He counts on Manuel Valls – not Holland – to make things happen. “It’s up to him, he is the prime minister” , he says in this interview with Le Monde
There remains a question. How long can he hold in this government then Hollande and Valls have been so firm on budget matters that nothing seems to move during parliamentary debate in September. Montebourg disclaims any start: “I do not lie to me in this case. My work for two years, is tirelessly to convince … I do not always manage it. But I’m at my battle station to change policies that need to be changed. “ The economy minister sees ” halftime “, where “the moment of tactical and strategic review” requires. Except that Holland and Valls have already announced they would not change the game for their team. Montebourg speaks. But the minister still does not plan to take action.
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