The deficit would soar to 5.6% in 2023, the opposition denounces “disastrous management”. It therefore seems certain that the deficit will "significantly" exceed the 4.9% of GDP targeted by the government.
The Senate's initiative comes the day after a meeting at the Élysée, where President Emmanuel Macron summoned several ministers and executives from the majority. “We take responsibility and we tell the truth to the French,” he declared to his hosts, according to one of them.