Budget Blues and Michel Barnier's Ministry of Immigration

Apologies for the degraded audio - the regular audio processing made my voice sound too clipped, so I've opted for the unprocessed audio. I talked too quietly into the microphone today, sore throat. The finally, actually outgoing Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire was grilled today by the Finance Commission, who are taking the government to task for hiding just how big the deficit is. Le Marie and the Ministry are blaming the deficit on reduced revenues - cuts are on the horizon. Meanwhile, the man who’ll be making the cuts, France’s new Prime Minister Michel Barnier, is meeting with deputies from the presidential camp…and contemplating bringing back the Sarkozy-era Ministry of Immigration. Show Notes Déficit public : un an de mensonges de l’exécutif - Mediapart (fr) Michel Barnier aura mardi une première rencontre avec les députés du groupe macroniste EPR - Le Figaro w/ AFP (fr) Vers un retour d’un ministère de l’Immigration ? Barnier «veut traiter avec sérieux le sujet» - Le Figaro (fr) More Context From Flap24 Macron Hid The Deficit⁠⁠ (en) Send us questions and suggestions for our Friday interviews at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Cover our newspaper expenses. How about you buy us one today? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want your book, magazine, or website advertised at the beginning or end of the show? Get in touch! Fighting Fund: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/flep24⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Flep24's Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠@flep24pod⁠⁠⁠ Marlon's Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠@MarlonEttinger⁠⁠⁠ Olly's Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠@reality_manager⁠