New French PM set to negotiate budget, saving 4000 teaching jobs
French PM François Bayrou has said 4,000 teaching jobs will not be cut in the 2025 budget, reversing a decision taken by previous French Leader, Michel Barnier.
According to RFI on January 27th, Bayrou told LCI television that education is the main priority of the French government, he added that this decision is “definitive”.
Bayrou’s public statements come days before the meeting of a joint committee on January 30th, including lawmakers from each house of parliament, the committee will be tasked with finding a compromise on the highly-disputed budget.
Currently France has no majority and no budget allocated, Bayrou has expressed his commitment to “bring it all together.”
Bayrou, is France’s fourth prime minister in the past year, surviving a vote of no confidence on January 16th.
Predecessor Michel Barnier was in office for only three months, at which point he was voted out in a no-confidence vote. Like Barnier, Bayrou lacks a majority in the National Assembly making it important to win support from opposition parties.
Barnier’s austerity budget was deeply unpopular, making the implementation of a fair and sustainable budget key to Bayrou’s success.
Bayrou has been in negotiations with the various political blocs, both the far-right and most of the left are seeking to reject significant spending cuts.
Education was an especially important point for socialists, who said the number of teaching jobs were to decline, they would be in support of a further vote of no confidence.
RFI
