French Premier Seeks Budget Cuts That Toppled Prior Cabinet
- Francois Bayrou names a new government of centrist politicians
- Opposition lawmakers are already criticizing the new team
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France’s new premier Francois Bayrou vowed to sharply narrow the nation’s deficit to close to 5% of GDP, a plan that threatens a repeat of the stand-off which toppled the last government.
Bayrou, who presented his new cabinet on Monday, will lay out his new policy agenda to parliament on Jan. 14 and has pledged to have a 2025 budget by mid-February.