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The head of the National Rally believes that “it is the Prime Minister who holds the purse strings” regarding defense spending and “has, through budgetary control, the means to oppose” the decisions of the head of state. Enough to make the Macronists jump.
The RN already sees itself at the top of the bill for the legislative elections, ready to enter Matignon at the end of an express campaign. And the party wants to show that cohabiting with Emmanuel Macron will not prevent them from governing and doing what they want. “Chief of the Armed Forces, for the President, it is an honorary title since it is the Prime Minister who holds the purse strings,” warned Marine Le Pen on Wednesday June 26 in the Telegram.
Speaking to the Breton daily, the boss of the far-right party added that «Jordan [Bardella] does not intend to pick a quarrel with him, but he has set red lines. On Ukraine, the President will not be able to send troops.»
On the presidential camp side, we denounce the “gravity” of such a projection. “When there are divisions, we have a safeguard. This is the Constitution of the Fifth Republic. Questioning the Con
