After having been the architect of the recovery plan, Bruno Le Maire wants to be the linchpin.
To maximize the effect sought by "France Relance", it must therefore ensure that the funds are used quickly, at the risk that these 70 measures lose their effectiveness.
After the announcements, the implementation.
After preparing the 100 billion euro stimulus plan presented Thursday by Prime Minister Jean Castex, Bruno Le Maire wants to be the linchpin.
The Minister of the Economy does not hide his pride that "France Relance" is steered by his ministry, but he recognizes that the most difficult will be the execution of this plan.
Concretely, it is necessary that the economic actors seize the devices and that the money is invested as quickly as possible.
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Money to spend quickly ...
"I must be the Prime Minister of the Economy to want to spend billions of euros in a few months", he slips at the microphone of Europe 1. And it is not an easy task to spend so much money in such a short period of time.
For example, it is necessary to launch calls for tenders to renovate hospitals or schools, procedures that can take months.
The government wants a third of the 100 billion euros in the recovery plan to be injected into the economy by the end of 2021.
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... to maximize the desired effect
To do this, Bercy will make a habit of doing a dedicated weekly update.
And if things are not fast enough, a monthly point will be added to Matignon, explains one in the entourage of Bruno Le Maire.
Because now the main concern about this plan is that these funds take a long time to be used and that the massive effect expected by the 100 billion euros falls ... like a breath.