
The senator from Hauts-de-Seine details her budgetary priorities after her appointment.
Appointed general budget rapporteur in the Senate, Christine Lavarde sets out her priorities: transparency on deficit figures, refocusing the debate on controlling public spending and maintaining a balanced budget.
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The state budget is currently under discussion in Parliament. Christine Lavarde succeeds Jean-François Husson as general rapporteur.
LE FIGARO. - Appointed general budget rapporteur in the Senate, how are you approaching your new mission?
Christine LAVERDE. - I know that I will not have a trial period: the budget is already under discussion in the Assembly. Fortunately, I can benefit from the experience acquired thanks to the work carried out alongside Jean-François Husson for six years. Thanks to him, I am not completely in unfamiliar territory. I set three goals for myself. The first is to present the numbers as they are. The government is showing 54 billion euros of effort to reduce the deficit by 0.4 points of GDP: the French must understand why such an effort produces such a modest result. The second is to bring back the debate on spending, which has been circumvented for several budgets by increasing taxation. The third is to protect the balance. In the Senate, any added expenditure must be financed and any deleted revenue must be compensated. International observers are starting…

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