The words of François Fillon is rare. Very calculated. No frills. A fortiori, when the prime minister decides to hold a press conference at Matignon. The first three years. This means if the head of government who just beat the longevity record of Jean-Pierre Raffarin chose solemnize a media intervention to seventy minutes.
Following the success of union mobilization against the proposed pension reform, Francois Fillon has stepped into the breach. Only behind his desk, the man of the previous pension reform in 2003, has no trouble capturing the subject. For ten minutes he hammered a message: the government will not budge on key pension reform. Especially not the raising to 62 the legal age of retirement."There can be no question of going back to what is the foundation of reform," he warned while leaving open the possibility of adjustments in other components of the project. "With the President of the Republic, we do our duty," he said, denouncing the balance of Martine Aubry, who has never "nothing" done to reform pensions. The number two PS Harlem Désir immediately blasted an "end of inadmissibility to the French" and a "strategy of contempt.
Closes on pensions, Francois Fillon has become frankly martial when he addressed the issue of recovery of public accounts. In the absence of Nicolas Sarkozy went to Toronto for the G20 summit and before the announcement next week of budgetary decisions, the Prime Minister gave the tempo.If the word is always strictly taboo in his mouth, he has taken a further notch by preparing the French to "extra efforts".
From the beginning of the week the Minister of Economy Christine Lagarde and Secretary General of the Elysee, Claude Gueant, have succeeded in the media to prepare minds for a new round of screws. Donning the costume of Raymond Barre Matignon in 1976 presenting his first austerity plan, Francois Fillon hammered. Drawing on the same register as his distant predecessor, it took time, "Do not expect me to be a weakness guilty.It is time to break the spiral of debt. "
Challenging the word rigor, Fillon has warned that there would be bad news: "If growth were to be slightly less buoyant than expected, we should not shrink from the need for additional efforts." For the first Minister (as Christine Lagarde) appears to be no illusions about the growth forecasts. Proof? He has already planned, "according to the situation," amplify the movement of the plane on the tax loopholes 5-8500000000 to offset the shortfall.
Christian Blanc must repay
This will be blood and tears. Francois Fillon, who was signed in 2006 a book entitled France can bear the truth, was not afraid to break the taboo Friday Sarkozyist of higher taxes: "We intend to eliminate or reduce many tax loopholes and social.So these are tax increases. "This time, it said.
Incidentally, the Prime Minister took the opportunity to prepare his ministers to painful measures. Severus, he recognized the "shortcomings and failures" without mentioning explicitly the cases involving members of his government (Christian Estrosi, Alain Joyandet, Rama Yade, Fadela Amara and especially Christian White). He admitted that there was "still room for improvement" to the ministers to show "exemplary".Francois Fillon, who has asked his Secretary of State Christian Blanc to repay their bill of 12,000 euros cigars, will announce "in the coming days," a "hardening" of the rules relating to accommodation, travel and lifestyle of Ministers.
Anyone who continues to dream of the "perfect lens" of a government limited to fifteen ministers expected already to be ruthless about limiting the number of ministerial advisors. A good way to rhyme "exemplary" and reducing government spending.
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