In a blog post published this Monday, the leader of the Insoumis applauds the fiscal tightening of Michel Barnier who “buried the prohibitions and taboos of the liberalism of Macronist governments”.
Is this the kiss of death for Michel Barnier? While the government presented the 2025 budget last week, the examination of which will begin in the coming days in the National Assembly, the Prime Minister has just been applauded by… Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The reason? His proposal to “exceptional contribution” on high incomes (more than 24,000 households concerned) as well as the profits of large companies. Additional money is all the more welcome in the state coffers as the executive is looking for 20 billion euros in additional revenue to redress the public deficit, estimated at more than 6% of GDP. in 2024.
In a blog note published this Monday, the leader of La France Insoumise welcomed a budget which “recognizes (a) ideological victory”that of “anti-liberals” et “especially” Rebels. If the former presidential candidate continues to support the program of the New Popular Front (NFP), and his candidate for Matignon Lucie Castets, he nevertheless admits that “the tax on the rich is rehabilitated and that on corporate superprofits too.”
“The agony of an era”
Congratulating ourselves on having had “reason from the beginning”he thanks Michel Barnier, although from the Republicans, for having “buried the prohibitions and taboos of the liberalism of Macronist governments.” According to Jean-Luc Mélenchon, “the budget shows more than painful figures”: It is “the agony of an era.” “That of liberal imposture yesterday still triumphant. Nothing remains of his initial promise. scoffs the Insoumis. Never shy of a dig at Emmanuel Macron, the former Marseille deputy especially observes that the Prime Minister “makes an end-of-game observation”son “draft budget calling into question the heart of the Macronist discourse.”
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