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Rearmer France without weakening already exsangues public finances more: the government comes up against a new puzzle after the laborious adoption of the 2025 budget. The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron calls for public and private sectors for “additional investments” in defense. But this call comes when industrial production records an unexpected decline in France.
Consequently, can public procurement contribute to the recovery of our industry? If so, under what conditions and with what actors to finance?
To debate it, Emmanuel Cugny and Hadrien Bect receive Anne-Sophie AlsifEconomics teacher at the Sorbonne, an economist head of the BDO France study company, and Pierre JacquetProfessor of economic policy at the National School of Ponts et Chaussées.