welcome to hardtalk from paris, i m stephen sackur. france is recovering from the massive economic shock of the covid pandemic, but now it s exposed to the political uncertainty that comes with a looming presidential election. emmanuel macron hasn t officially declared that he will be a candidate, but there s little doubt he is running again. my guest today is one of his most important backers, economy and finance minister bruno le maire. now, he has big ambitions to make france the greenest, the most dynamic economy in europe. that is a handy election slogan, but is it credible? minister bruno le maire, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. minister, you came to this economy and finance ministry with big plans for structural reform. has the covid crisis destroyed those ambitions? i would say that it has destroyed no ambition. we will stick to the path of reforms. we have started the mandate of emmanuel macron with key reforms for the french economy, especially the reforms on taxat
he is running again. my guest today is one of his most important backers, economy and finance minister bruno le maire. now, he has big ambitions to make france the greenest, the most dynamic economy in europe. that is a handy election slogan, but is it credible? minister bruno le maire, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. minister, you came to this economy and finance ministry with big plans for structural reform. has the covid crisis destroyed those ambitions? i would say that it has destroyed no ambition. we will stick to the path of reforms. we have started the mandate of emmanuel macron with key reforms for the french economy, especially the reforms on taxation. we have reduced the level of taxation for french smes, for french people, by 50 billion euros. we have introduced reforms for the simplification of the life of the smes. then came this huge crisis, and i think this is the most important crisis since 1929 that we ve lived in europe, in the western world, in china, in i
to flee the country to save his life are totally rejected by his former chief of staff. and australian footballerjosh cavallo has become the only top level male professional player to come out as gay. live from our studio in singapore. live from our studio in singapore. . . live from our studio in singapore. live from our studio in sinu-aore. , , “ , singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday- it s seven in the morning in singapore and 5pm in santa fe, where police investigating the killing of cinematographer halyna hutchins with a gun by the actor alec baldwin say they believe the weapon contained a live round. the hollywood star had been told the weapon was safe. he s a co producer of the film rust , and there are reports of complaints about safety standards in the days and hours before halyna hutchins was killed. sophie long sent this report. it is now nearly a week since 42 year old halyna hutchins was shot dead whilst she was doing herjob. these are the last picture
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Meeting its own commitments to carbon emissions reductions because the courts say that, right now, you re failing to live up to your own promises. you know, i would like the french court to have a look at what is happening abroad, because i would think. but that s not the point, minister. every country gets judged on its own promise. yes, but. macron made these promises, they re easy to make, but he s not keeping them. but we are keeping our promises. well, look at the courtjudgment. if you look at the courtjudgment. i m looking at the court judgment, but i m also looking at what the researchers, what the scientists are explaining to me and they are explaining to me that we are doing well, that we need to invest more in renewable energies and in nuclear energies, and that s exactly what we want to do. and once again, please, please just broaden the scope. just have a look at what is happening everywhere in the world.