“There will be a vote, it’s the only way to arbitrate.” To designate the future Prime Minister in the event of a victory for the left during the early legislative elections, the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, “hope that all those who will form this new majority will be able to meet again the day after July 7 and who together will be able to designate the one who will be best placed”he said on BFMTV, Tuesday June 18. “I say it very firmly: the only way to make this majority work will be to have a democratic functioning. In the absence of democratic functioning, things would not last,” continued Olivier Faure. Follow our live stream.
No tax increase for the presidential camp. On franceinfo, Tuesday, the Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, assured that he wanted “include in the finance law that we do not increase taxes”. “This is one of the commitments I am making in this campaign: the implementation of what we call an anti-tax increase golden rule”did he declare.
The left united during a first meeting. Olivier Faure, Clémentine Autain, Marine Tondelier, François Ruffin… Thirteen days before the first round, several tenors of the New Popular Front called for “unity” from the left, from Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) Monday evening. “We have not won yet, but we have won against the slope of the worst [et] of resignation”launched François Ruffin in front of several hundred supporters. “Let us vow together to never let go”added the first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure.
Jordan Bardella details his program. The president of the national gathering, Jordan Bardella, detailed his program in an interview with Parisianpromising in particular the repeal of the pension reform “from autumn”, or even the reduction in VAT on energy and fuel from this summer in the event of victory. But for that he will need “an absolute majority” in the Assembly, he admitted.
