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Back-to-school Council of Ministers: "It's good that the Head of State says things frankly"
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President Macron and Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne at the Élysée Palace, July 4, 2022 for the first Council of Ministers of the Borne II government.
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By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow
Meeting this Wednesday of the Council of Ministers which inaugurated the political return of the executive, in a climate filled with uncertainties linked to the war in Ukraine.
Heavy decisions await the government on the budget, energy policy and inflation, which is on everyone's mind, pending parliamentary hostilities which will not resume until October.
The analysis of Bruno Cautrès, political scientist and researcher at the Center for the Study of French Political Life (Cevipof).
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Elisabeth Borne
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