「令和臨調」発足大会　岸田首相、泉立民代表ら出席

　財政健全化や社会保障など国家的課題の解決を目指す「令和国民会議（令和臨調）」が１９日、東京都内のホテルで発足大会を開いた。２２日の参院選公示を前に、岸田文雄首相（自民党総裁）や立憲民主党の泉健太代表ら６党の代表が出席し、目指す社会像などを表明した。
　首相は、財政再建について「『これで大丈夫だ』といくら言い張っても、マーケットや国際社会が評価しなければ信認は維持できない」と指摘。「財政健全化の旗、これは引き続きしっかり掲げ続けていかなければならない」と語った。
　一方、泉氏は「『変わらない日本、変われない日本』。これが現在の経済の低迷や人口減少を生み出している」と述べ、改革の必要性を強調。「人権と環境を重視する経済に変えていく」と訴えた。
　令和臨調の共同代表には茂木友三郎キッコーマン名誉会長や佐々木毅元東大学長らが就任。政権交代可能な政党政治の実現を目指す統治構造改革や、ポストコロナ時代の新たな国土構想などについて提言をまとめる。（2022/06/19-17:02）

A council tasked with finding a solution to critical challenges facing Japan, including fiscal reconstruction and social security, was launched on Sunday.
   Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, also leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and heads of five other political parties attended an event held at a Tokyo hotel to mark the establishment of the council, Reinventing Infrastructure of Wisdom and Action, dubbed Reiwa Rincho.
   The launch of the council came ahead of the start Wednesday of the official campaign period for the July 10 election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament.
   "No matter how much we say that we did enough, we cannot maintain confidence unless the international community and financial markets approve it," Kishida said of fiscal consolidation. "We need to continue raising the banner of fiscal reconstruction."
   The country "does not change and cannot change," and this has led to the current stagnation of the Japanese economy and the falling population, Kenta Izumi, chief of the largest opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, said. "We will create an economy that gives weight to human rights and environmental conservation," he said, stressing the need for reforms.