In an interview with Le Parisien, the boss of the RN revealed the main measures of his program in the event of accession to power, in particular the repeal of the pension reform “from the fall”.
Jordan Bardella says a little more about his economic project. In an interview with Le Parisien, the contender for the post of Prime Minister detailed on Monday the measures he intends to implement in the event of a victory for the National Rally in the legislative elections.
The current president of the party that came first in the European elections is preparing a two-stage plan with, first, initial emergency measures “around purchasing power” which would be taken as soon as he arrives at Matignon. The second phase, that of “reforms”, will come from the fall.
Responding to the purchasing power crisis
Its first action will consist of reducing VAT to 5.5%, compared to 20% today, on energy (electricity, gas, fuel oil) and fuel. A measure that he intends to pass via an amending finance bill during an extraordinary parliamentary session during the Olympic Games this summer. The latter could, however, only be held after a decree signed by Emmanuel Macron
Jordan Bardella also promises to launch negotiations with the European Commission to obtain an exemption from the rules of the European electricity market in order to “reduce bills by 30%”. “I would like to go before the European Commission for a negotiation on the European electricity market to get out of the price setting rules and immediately allow France to return to a French price,” he declared on BFMTV a few years ago. days.
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Finally, Jordan Bardella wishes to respond urgently to the shortage of doctors by exempting from income tax as part of the combination of employment and retirement general practitioners who agree to return to service in order to strengthen “the health offer from the summer throughout the territory.
These measures would be partly financed by the elimination of certain tax loopholes, notably those on shipowners, and by a reduction of 2 billion euros in France’s contribution to the European Union budget. For the rest, the president of the RN wishes to make savings by identifying “bad expenditure” thanks to the launch “from the first weeks of an audit of the State accounts through an independent commission which will bring together civil servants of the Court of Auditors, economists and academics, responsible for taking stock of the country’s finances”, he explains in Le Parisien.
Pension and public service reforms
Although it is also a response to the purchasing power crisis, the promise to eliminate VAT on basic necessities will only be applied “at a later stage” in the event of a victory for the RN in the legislative elections, admitted Jordan Bardella. This second phase will also be that of reforms, with the repeal of the pension reform, replaced by another which will allow “those who started working before the age of 20 to retire with 40 years at a legal retirement age 60 years old.
If he gains access to Matignon, Jordan Bardella also wishes to launch “General States of Administrative Simplification” for companies and open a social conference on the theme of wages with the social partners. A reform should also make it possible to restore public services, but the modalities of this will depend on the conclusions of the financial audit. Finally, the boss of the RN confirmed on Sunday that he wanted to “ultimately” privatize public broadcasting.
