the National Rally is preparing “a counter-budget”, judging that the government’s had crossed “very clear red lines”

The National Rally is preparing to present a “counter-budget” in response to that of the government which it considers “absolutely not acceptable”. It should be presented next Wednesday, the date of the start of the committee examination of the 2025 finance bill.

The National Rally, very critical of the budget presented by the government, will present a “counter-budget” this Wednesday, October 16, the date of the start of the committee examination of the 2025 finance bill.

MP RN Thomas Ménage strongly criticized the government’s copy, saying this Saturday that in “the current state of things, this budget is absolutely not acceptable”, reported AFP.

According to him, the tax on electricity, the reduction in reimbursement for medical consultants, the increase in taxes on air transport as well as the increase in taxation on gas are “very clear red lines”, which have been crossed by the government.

A presentation at a press conference

Thus, the RN will present a “counter-budget” this Wednesday during a press conference. “We are going to use all our parliamentary time to bring this government back to reason,” said Laurent Jacobelli on France Inter.

Asked about a possible motion of censure, he remained evasive. “I am not here to destroy the Fifth Republic, we are here to save the French,” he assured.

Marine Le Pen, for her part, denounced the government’s “obvious lie” on the budget via a message posted on X. It had adopted the structural method used by the High Council of Public Finances, which showed a budgetary effort concentrated 70% on an increase in taxation and 30% on a reduction in spending next year, i.e. The opposite of what is being put forward by the government, which has promised a two-thirds effort to reduce spending.