According to the president of the nationalist organization, Jordan Bardella, if he is inaugurated prime minister, his priority will be to lower the Value Added Rate (TVA) to benefit the citizens’ pockets, a message that touches a sensitive point of the population and to which The official failure in the European elections is largely attributed.
On June 9, RN achieved 31.4 percent of the votes, more than double those achieved by the ruling Renaissance party and its allies (14.6), a scenario that led President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly and convene to legislative elections for June 30, with the second round scheduled a week later.
The decision has unleashed a race to reach an absolute majority in the Assembly, a contest outlined between the ruling party and the two main opposition blocs, the extreme right and the left, which yesterday announced a Popular Front to compete together.
In statements to the BFM TV channel, Bardella described the economic situation in France as catastrophic, where the eventual arrival in Matignon (seat of the prime minister) of the extreme right generates hope in an important sector, but provokes rejection and much concern in another relevant sector. in areas such as ecology, European politics and immigration.
According to the leader of the force led by Marine Le Pen, once the economy is healthy and “urgent issues” are resolved, he would carry out a retirement reform.
On April 15 of last year, Macron enacted the unpopular reform of the retirement system, which extended the retirement age from 62 to 64, an initiative denounced in the streets by a large union and social movement and in the parliamentary sphere.
With only 16 days left until the legislative elections, the polls give RN a favorite with an advantage that does not seem decisive over the left, while the ruling party is well behind.
If ultimately the absolute majority in the National Assembly ends up in the hands of the opposition, Macron could be forced to accept an uncomfortable cohabitation, that is, appoint a prime minister from the extreme right (Bardella) or from the left, whose candidate That position is still unknown.
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