Does France Really Produce 10% to 15% Less per Capita than Its "Neighbours", as François Bayrou Says?

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France's GDP per capita is in the EU average. The Prime Minister's entourage acknowledges that he was actually talking about Germany in his Youtube video of 6 August.

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In Pierre Mendes France's communication steps, will the Prime Minister end up like him? "Do we believe that at the age of 74, I am going to start a career of "youtuber"? Paraphrasing (very freely) General de Gaulle, we imagine the question that François Bayrou could have asked at the forefront of his new method of communication strenuous on August 5 on YouTube. Announced at the very last moment, on August 4, the first episode of "FB direct" was …

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ARTICLE. Before the 2026 budget test in Parliament in the fall, François Bayrou launched his Youtube channel to convince of the benefit of his plan of savings of 44 billion euros. An umpteenth communication operation that our politicians love when public opinion does not stand behind them.

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The French Prime Minister, François Bayrou, launched on Tuesday night episode 1 of a series of podcasts designed to explain to the population his plan of fiscal recovery. Having already chosen the language of the truth to announce, on 15 July last at a press conference, his plan 2026 to straighten public finances, the tenant of Matignon introduced his series of podcasts on "youtube" by a call to sacrifice.