Faced with a record public deficit, François Bayrou talks about the possibility of using the referendum to consult the French on taxes and expenses.
MP LFI Manuel Bompard is the guest of the LCI Sunday event at noon.
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Wauquiez attacks LFI
In an interview with the JDD (new window)the boss of the deputies LR attacks LFI violently, a party according to him “breaking with the Republic”. “They are a threat to France: they are the party of national destruction, a Trojan horse of Islamism. The first political danger for our country is Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his accomplices”, assures Laurent Wauquiez, who calls for “a health cord” around the rebellious.
Debt: Bayrou suggests the referendum
Welcome to this direct. In an interview with the JDD, François Bayrou talks about the possibility of using the referendum to overcome political blockages in the face of the question of the public deficit which he compares to a “Himalayas”. MP LFI Manuel Bompard, invited at noon of the LCI Sunday event, will have the opportunity to respond to this proposal and express themselves on the other subjects that make the political news of the day. To follow in this direct and on LCI.
How to overcome political blockages to deal with the question of public deficit? In an interview with JDD (new window)François Bayrou talks about the possibility of using the referendum in order to consult the French on these burning questions to decide, from the reduction of expenses to taxes.
“It is an overall plan that I want to submit, he will ask for efforts from everyone, and by the extent that must be his, he cannot succeed if the French people do not support him”believes the Prime Minister, who recalls that such a referendum – the last dates back to 2005 – is a decision by Emmanuel Macron.
After the adoption of the 2025 budget forceps, the government is working on the preparation of that of 2026, with a displayed priority: find 40 billion euros in additional savings to respect its objectives of reduction of the public deficit, by 5.4% of GDP this year, at 4.6% next year.
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Faced with the debt site and the deficit in public finances, François Bayrou talks about the idea of a referendum
In this context, the deputy LFI Manuel Bompard is the guest of the LCI Sunday event from 12 noon. He will have the opportunity to react to this referendum proposal, but also to the attacks by Laurent Wauquiez (LR) against his party, the right-wing deputy having claimed “a health cord” around the party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
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