The finance bill (PLF) for 2025 was presented to the Council of Ministers on October 10, following a budgetary procedure marked by an unprecedented context. What was your reaction?
Ian Brossat : This is a catastrophic budget for low-income families and the middle classes. In reality, the trick that we saw coming is emerging more and more clearly.
For seven years, Emmanuel Macron has multiplied tax gifts for the benefit of the richest and today, to deal with the deficit that he himself created, the government is asking workers to foot the bill.
On November 12, after long debates, the National Assembly rejected, by a large majority, the “revenue” part of the PLF, which had been profoundly revised by the left. What will be at stake for you in the Senate?
In the National Assembly, left-wing deputies demonstrated that it is possible to fill part of the deficits without attacking the working and middle classes.
During these debates, our obsession has always been to preserve public services and raise new revenues from big money and big businesses.
My hope is that in the Senate everything will be done to preserve, at least in part, the advances for which the left has fought. And we will fight step by step to avoid the disaster scenario constructed by the government.
There is no question of accepting additional sacrifices for the world of work. May workers, those who produce our country's wealth, be put to greater use.
On October 21, RN deputies rejected several amendments from the left aimed at repealing the pension reform. They then defended their own proposal. What do you think?
For two months, the RN has shown its true face. The deputies campaigned for retirement at 60, for the purchasing power of workers, and in reality, they endorsed the ultra-liberal government of Michel Barnier.
I hope that all those who voted for the RN imagining that it would support the demands of the world of work now see who they are really dealing with.
The socialists have assured that they will use the first day reserved for a left-wing group to vote on a bill to repeal the pension reform. Will you support her?
Of course. We have been part of all the mobilizations against the pension reform, and we will support all opportunities which will allow us to return to this text, voted against the opinion of an overwhelming majority of the French.
There is a denial of democracy that has lasted too long, and if there are savings and sacrifices to be made in this country, it is certainly not in the world of work.
You recently tabled a bill aimed at allowing municipalities that wish to ban the circulation of SUVs on the streets. Which territories would be affected?
The idea is to allow large urban areas which wish to do so, on the basis of a decision by the Municipal Council, to prohibit the circulation of SUVs weighing more than 1.8 tonnes.
In recent years, we have seen the development of increasingly heavier vehicles. However, all studies show that they are generally more accident-prone and that they generate more pollution.
It is not a question of making a unilateral decision everywhere, there are territories where we need SUVs. But in dense areas like Paris, we can ask ourselves the question of the social usefulness of such vehicles.
On November 5, Donald Trump was elected 47th President of the United States. After wresting the Senate from the Democrats, the Republicans also retained their majority in the House of Representatives. Good or bad news for Europe?
It was a threat that was there. Donald Trump had already demonstrated his ability to win in 2016. We are not safe in France from a victory by the far right, as demonstrated by the legislative elections.
Fortunately, contrary to all planned scenarios, we managed to prevent it. We now know the true face of the RN and all those who trusted him have been betrayed.
Last March, the French Communist Party refused to sign the bilateral security agreement between France and Ukraine. What is the situation today (after the election of Donald Trump)?
I think that France's efforts must be focused on building a perspective of peace. This assumes that it devotes at least as much effort to building peace diplomacy as to delivering weapons.
The priority for us is the ceasefire and not the ad vitam aeternam prolongation of a destructive conflict. For the rest, it is very clear that there is an aggressor, Putin's Russia, and an aggressor, Ukraine.
We have always built peace with enemies. We must discuss with everyone to outline a perspective for peace on the basis of a balance of forces which guarantees the integrity of Ukraine and respect for international law.
These November 16 and 17 are taking place the Autumn Days of the French Communist Party 82. Is your presence in Montech also intended to prepare for the 2026 municipal elections?
There is a boiling social climate with the farmers' movement which is about to start, the day of mobilization of civil servants… And electoral prospects which are taking shape (anticipated legislative, municipal).
As for the municipal elections, my hope is that the left wins as many cities as possible. And this supposes that we present ourselves united in as many territories as possible.
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