for Laurent Jacobelli, spokesperson for the National Rally, “we can understand the concern of the French”

Demonstrations were planned across France on Thursday January 27, at the call of trade unions and youth organizations, including the CGT, FO, FSU and Solidarity, to claim salary increasesin a context marked by the resurgence of the issue of purchasing power a few weeks before the presidential election.

“We can understand the concern”estimated Laurent Jacobelli, spokesperson for the National Rally, guest of the program “Your political moment” on franceinfo. “The French who go shopping in a supermarket, in a butcher’s shop or in a market gardener see that their prices are increasing.”

To cope with rising prices, the RN regional adviser for the Grand Est region proposes that “VAT on energy products goes from 20% to 5.5%”. According to forecasts, wages should increase by 2.5%, slightly less than inflation (2.7%).