Michel Barnier has “until Monday” to respond to the “red lines” of the National Rally on the budget for 2025 and thus avoid censorship, warned Marine Le Pen.
An ultimatum. While he has already made numerous concessions, Michel Barnier sees the initial copy of his budget for the year 2025 unraveled by the opposition. The leader of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, has in fact mentioned several “red lines” not to be crossed if the government wants to avoid censorship.
This is an uncomfortable situation for the Prime Minister: despite his retreat on electricity taxes, state medical aid (AME) and reductions in business charges, Marine Le Pen continues to put pressure on him and to threaten censorship if he does not respond to the “red lines” of the National Rally.
Pensions, medicines and state medical aid
Among the demands still unmet in the eyes of Marine Le Pen: 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. The leader of the RN also wants to go further towards a “drastic” reduction in state medical aid.
“There are still difficulties,” insisted the head of deputies of the far-right party, who left “until Monday” as 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 probable use of 49.3.
Under pressure, Michel Barnier sees his room for maneuver shrinking day after day.
