French ministers focus on 'need' to slim down deficit in new government's first meeting

Record ID: 1894448

  • Title: French ministers focus on 'need' to slim down deficit in new government's first meeting
  • Date: 3rd January 2025
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JANUARY 3, 2025) (REUTERS) FRENCH PRIME MINISTER, FRANCOIS BAYROU, ARRIVING AT INTERIOR MINISTRY GUARDS FINANCE MINISTER, ERIC LOMBARD, ARRIVING JUSTICE MINISTER, GERALD DARMANIN, ARRIVING MINISTER FOR OVERSEAS TERRITORIES, MANUEL VALLS, ARRIVING DEFENCE MINISTER, SEBASTIEN LECORNU, ARRIVING EDUCATION MINISTER, ELISABETH BORNE, ARRIVING ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION MINSTER, AGNES PANNIER-RUNACHER, ARRIVING JUNIOR MINISTER FOR EUROPE, BENJAMIN HADDAD, ARRIVING JUNIOR MINISTER FOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, AMELIE DE MONTCHALIN, ARRIVING AGRICULTURE MINISTER, ANNIE GENEVARD, ARRIVING LABOUR AND HEALTH MINISTER, CATHERINE VAUTRIN, ARRIVING MINISTERS WALKING TOWARDS ELYSEE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE BAYROU, BORNE AND INTERIOR MINISTER, BRUNO RETAILLEAU, WALKING / MINISTERS WALKING INTO ELYSEE COURTYARD
  • Embargoed: 17th January 2025 12:30
  • Keywords: Bayrou France Macron cabinet ministers political crisis
  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • City: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001068003012025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: France's newly appointed ministers met at the Elysee Palace for the first cabinet meeting headed by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Friday (January 3) with a keen eye on reducing the country's deficit.
    Bayrou was appointed France's prime minister last month after the fall of Michel Barnier's government in an ensuing political crisis.
    One of the new government's priorities is to reduce the public deficit, government spokesperson Sophie Primas said at a press briefing after the meeting.
    The previous government had said it was counting on a public deficit of 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) for this year, but the new cabinet did not want to specify the new target rate. France in 2024 had a deficit of 6.1% of the GDP.
    (Production: Clotaire Achi, Ardee Napolitano, Lauren Bacquie)
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