Within the majority as well as the opposition, a theme is essential in this flash campaign for the legislative elections: purchasing power. “There isn’t a home that doesn’t talk about it“, assures a deputy of the majority in the middle of a door-to-door campaign: whether it is invoices, the receipt at the supermarket, at the pump … So much grain to grind for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who wants to be the one who talks about it the most, who wants to protect the French from galloping inflation.
A Nupes press conference entirely dedicated to purchasing power was also held on Wednesday 25 May. And the rebellious leader and his allies unfold: blocking prices or increasing the minimum wage to 1500 euros net per month, from the first day if they obtain the majority. No new measure, but campaigning is the art of repetition, we are assured.
For its part, the majority, it is more erased on the subject. In any case, “it does not print“, lament Walkers. The bill, which will be presented after the legislative elections to maintain in particular the tariff shield on energy, “is inaudible” in the countryside laments an adviser: “no one is aware that the first act of the five-year term will be for purchasing power.“
The fault, according to him, with the absence of a chief at the head of the party to manage the communication, Stanislas Guerini having joined the government. “The president must seize it“, pleads this same adviser, who hopes for big announcements “in the home stretch” in the countryside.
Where is the right?
And does the right manage to line up? At the national level, we hear little about it. However, this is what comes at the top of the LR program in the legislative elections on their site, including a reduction in fuel taxes at the National Rally.
Some worry when they see Jean-Luc Melenchon occupy space on this theme: programmatic adjustments are needed, assure relatives of Marine Le Pen, who did not follow up. The one who nevertheless presented herself as the candidate for purchasing power in the presidential election is much more discreet during this campaign.