- The Prime Minister was questioned during questions to the government on the consequences of the war in the Middle East.
- He spoke in particular about the increase in oil prices.
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“We must not lie to the French.”
The Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, was questioned on Tuesday, May 19, during the QAG on the consequences of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. “All scenarios are on the table on the geopolitical terrain, including a resumption of fighting,”
indicated the tenant of Matignon. Because, according to him, the crisis “will last”.
“Geopolitics has settled into the reservoir of the French”,
he regretted to the deputies. Before insisting on the multiplication of crises in the world. “Hybrid wars or more direct wars will multiply. We pay cash for our dependencies in this area.”
Credit freezes soon to be reviewed
The head of government assured that“none of the trades will be abandoned”
among several listed by MP Laurent Marcangeli in his question. On Thursday, the government must unveil additional measures to help those among the most precarious or professionals who suffer the most from the rise in fuel prices.
“We are in the process of putting the final touches, if I dare say, to these different announcements,”
affirmed the Prime Minister, adding that “the crisis lasts”
and that he “We’re going to have to scale up.” “My obsession: ensuring that entire sections of our economy do not come to a standstill”,
he added.
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Sébastien Lecornu also affirmed that he was considering reviewing the six billion euros in credit freezes planned to compensate for the“impact”
of the war in the Middle East on public finances. “It’s a war, and I think that the six billion euros that we have documented will have to be updated, obviously, in the times to come.”
The government announced in mid-April that six billion euros in spending savings could be made in 2026 to offset the cost of the war, in the form of credit freezes or“targeted cancellations”
.
