The Prime Minister's announcements, who notably renounced an increase in taxes on electricity, were not enough for the head of the National Rally deputies.
Published on 28/11/2024 22:04
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This is called an ultimatum. Michel Barnier has “until Monday” to respond to “red lines” of the National Rally on the budgetary texts for 2025 and thus avoid censorship, warned Marine Le Pen on Thursday, November 28 in an interview with the newspaper The World.
Despite the Prime Minister's concessions on electricity taxes, State medical aid and reductions in business charges, “there are still difficulties”insisted the head of deputies of the far-right party. Among his demands still unmet in his eyes: the revaluation of the pensions of all retirees on January 1, the cancellation of the drug reimbursements initially planned, and details on the way in which the executive intends to financially compensate for the concessions announced Thursday.
Monday is the deadline for the government to amend its draft budget for Social Security. At the head of the largest group in the National Assembly and holding the destiny of the Barnier government in its hands, the RN could combine its votes with those of the left in the event of the vote on a motion of censure tabled following the use of a 49.3.
