Consultation on priorities for the future that could benefit from the large debt are increasing in all directions. Just last week, the Labor Minister, Xavier Darcos, and his colleague on the Budget, Éric Woerth, has received the social partners to discuss it. Meanwhile, contributions from corporations, professional associations, political parties or departments have been compiled by the government: markets of the future, health, eco responsibility, education, telemedicine, high-speed … all proposals abound.Latest, on Monday: France Biotech, the association of biotechnology companies has suggested that 15 billion euros are earmarked for "life sciences", including research on vaccines or stem cell.
The Head of State himself, in his interview with Le Figaro on Friday 16 October, citing the university, the capital of SMEs, renewable energy, research on the degeneration of cells … The tracks confirmed by one of Co-Chairs of the Committee Juppe Rocard-loaded by the Elysee to reflect the priorities of large loan: "We have four main themes: research, university, broadband and green growth," said Monday the former Socialist Prime Minister to Echoes.
The debate should continue in the coming days. This morning, the UMP will hold a convention devoted to the subject.And this week the Prime Minister, François Fillon, will receive the representatives of political parties to gather their views. It should be against an end of inadmissibility of the first secretary of the PS, Martine Aubry.
Manage investments
Beyond the choice of sectors, the thinking is now entering a second phase. The only Matignon called "governance" of the big loan. In other words, how to manage investments? How to raise private funds for public funds abound? How to ensure the profitability of projects, both in growth and jobs? How to distinguish between projects which receive loans or advances repayable those who will receive grants? This question is not neutral."If public money is abundant private programs, it is legitimate to ask whether companies who will or will not reimburse a part," says one banker who has been heard by the committee.
The other issue to be decided on the terms and amount of the loan. Many people refer to a figure well below the 80 or 100 billion by the Elysee imagined initially. For Christian de Boissieu, President of the Council of Economic Analysis and member of the committee, the critical mass of future debt is between 20 and 60 billion euros. More precise, Michel Rocard evokes, in Les Echos, an amount which shall not "be too far above 30 billion. Additional constraint: since Nicolas Sarkozy announced the principle of the loan at Versailles in June, the bad news accumulated on the public finances.The debt of France should reach the record level of 91% in 2013, according to the latest estimates of Bercy. Finally, the question of opening the loan from individuals and seems well and truly departed yet. Privately, Alain Juppé said he also reluctant to appeal to the public. "We prefer to use a traditional market," confirms Michel Rocard.
The great debt is expected to approach 30 billion euros
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