Former PM of France, Mr François Fillon (2007-2012) in 2007 said, “I am heading a State that is financially bankrupt.”
Then, the current PM, Mr François Bayrou on July 15th, 2025 said, “To be obliged to borrow every month to pay pensions or to pay civil servants, it’s a curse that doesn’t have a way out. This country cannot survive.”
François Fillion again in 2007, “I am heading a State which for 15 years is in a chronic deficit.”
PM François Bayrou in 2025, “It has been more than 50 years since our country, all political parties combined has not presented a balanced budget.”
PM Fillion in 2007, “I am heading a State which has never voted a balanced budget for 25 years. It cannot last.”
PM Bayrou in 2025, “We now have a duty to take responsibility. I think this is the last stop before the cliff and the crushing by the debt. We must call it by its name, it is a fatal danger for a country.”
In his speech, PM François Bayrou went on to say that France’s debt increases by €5000 per second. That is €432M per day, and €157.68B a year.
