Gabriel Attal will speak this evening during the 8 p.m. news on TF1. The Prime Minister could make announcements around work.
This Wednesday evening at 8 p.m., Gabriel Attal will be present on TF1’s 8 p.m. program facing Gilles Bouleau for 30 minutes. The Prime Minister brought together the government earlier today for a work seminar. The objective is to make savings for public finances, the deficit being higher than forecasts. According to INSEE, the deficit for 2023 was 5.5% while the government was counting on 4.9%. Bruno Le Maire then explained that it was necessary to bring this deficit below 3% by 2027.
To compensate for this deficit, the Prime Minister declared to the National Assembly on Tuesday, as reported by Nouvelle République, that he wanted to “continue on the path of rigor and responsibility always with a common thread that of work” because “the more we will have of French people who work, the more possibilities we will have to balance our finances. If Gabriel Attal follows the path of Bruno Le Maire, this compensation for the deficit should not involve an increase in taxes even if some politicians, like François Bayrou, call for thinking about it. The head of government should prioritize announcements around unemployment insurance. It would be possible that he decides to reduce the duration of unemployment benefits, currently set at 18 months. The conditions for obtaining compensation could also be tightened.
On the theme of work, Gabriel Attal could also talk about demicardization and the return to employment, as he has already listed on X. Today, the unemployment rate is at 7.4%. Emmanuel Macron would like to see it drop to 5% at the end of his five-year term.
The Prime Minister should also detail the exploration of new forms of work. This could take the form of four-day weeks. If local experiments are underway, they should be extended to the state civil service.
In the current context, after the terrorist attack in Russia, the Prime Minister could say a few words on internal security issues. France has, in fact, moved to the maximum alert level of the Vigipirate plan. The subject of education could also be addressed.
