In this episode of La Loupe, Eric Mandonnet, editor-in-chief of the political service, looks back on President Macron’s campaign promises and the cost of his last government.
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The team: Charlotte Baris (presentation), Mathias Penguilly (writing), Jules Krot (editing and production)
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Charlotte Baris: 174 million euros. A colossal sum that is close to some of the biggest jackpots ever won at EuroMillions. Except that here, we are talking about an envelope which weighs every year in the budget of the French State. And the person best able to tell us about it is Eric Mandonnet, the editor-in-chief of the political department of L’Express. What exactly does this sum of 174 million per year correspond to?
Eric Mandonnet: This is quite simply the price of our government. This calculation was not made by me, but by Jean-Pierre Jouyet, a senior civil servant who was Secretary of State for European Affairs under Fillon and Secretary General of the Elysée under Hollande. This is President Hollande’s chief of staff.
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