Outgoing French PM Michel Barnier's cabinet held its last meeting Wednesday, proposing a "special bill" to maintain government operations into 2025. The bill will be debated next week.
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00:00The French government under Prime Minister Michel Barnier had its last meeting of ministers on Wednesday, before his resignation.
00:08Although President Macron promised to appoint Barnier's successor by Thursday, his spokesperson said otherwise.
00:16The President of the Republic did not give any indication on the temporality of his choice to come.
00:23What I can tell you and what you know is that the President of the Republic's role is to guarantee institutions.
00:30In this context, he is obviously looking for a stability solution.
00:34In the meeting, ministers studied a quote special bill set to fix the budgetary choices of 2024 for 2025.
00:43It is a bill that allows, to put it in simple terms that you have often used, to avoid a shutdown.
00:49It is a bill that allows temporarily the government to continue to perceive taxes and existing taxes until the vote of the financial law of the year.
00:59The special bill will be examined in the National Assembly and then in the Senate.