New government: Antoine Armand, Laurent Saint-Martin, “blues” expected at Bercy

The twelve labors of Hercules should ultimately fall to novices at the head of Bercy. The mission — almost impossible — of having the 2025 budget adopted, without a majority in the National Assembly, reduced by around thirty billion euros of savings to straighten out the public accounts should be entrusted in particular to Antoine Armand and Laurent Saint-Martin, both without ministerial experience. The first, who should be appointed Minister of the Economy, is a young 33-year-old deputy from Ensemble pour la République (EPR), elected since 2022 in the second constituency of Haute-Savoie.