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France’s ex-economy minister will run for president
PARIS – France’s former economy minister, who fell out with President Francois Hollande, has announced he will be a candidate for president next year.
Socialist Arnaud Montebourg, 53, said in a speech on Sunday that Hollande’s record “is indefensible.” Hollande has not said whether he will stand for re-election.
Montebourg, Hollande’s minister from 2012 to 2014, lost his portfolio amid feuding over economic policy, because he denounced German-style austerity as the wrong medicine to foster growth.
“The European Union is in the situation of a bankrupt business that needs a reform to be saved,” Montebourg said Sunday.
As minister, he introduced a measure to broaden the government’s authority to intervene when foreign companies want to buy firms the state considers vital, including in the sectors of transport, health and communications.
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