Invited Saturday morning in Europe, Olivier Dussopt, the Minister for Public Accounts swept aside the hypothesis of debt cancellation linked to Covid-19.
Consequence of the health crisis: France's overall debt should soar to 120% of GDP.
INTERVIEW
The 2021 finance bill was finally adopted on Thursday. It faces particularly gloomy economic forecasts, a consequence of the health crisis: a recession of 11%, and a debt that soars to 120% of GDP. However, there is no question of canceling the latter, as some economists and politicians have suggested in recent weeks. "The debt is repaid, it is a principle," said Saturday, at the microphone of Europe Matin Olivier Dussopt, the Deputy Minister in charge of Public Accounts. "France is a country that is not lacking."