Barnier government, pensions, trial of parliamentary assistants… Sébastien Chenu’s “8:30 franceinfo”

The deputy from the North and spokesperson for the National Rally is the guest of “8h30 franceinfo” on Friday September 13.

Barnier government, pensions, trial of parliamentary assistants… Sébastien Chenu was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Friday September 13. The deputy of the North and spokesperson of the National Rally answered questions from Hadrien Bect and Bérangère Bonte.

Barnier government

“Things are clear, Michel Barnier is not an ally, he is a political adversary.“, assures the National Rally MP for the North and party spokesperson. “We have been fighting it for a long time. (…) but we are giving him a chance to show that he is capable of changing software and tackling the major issues on which we expect him to: purchasing power, immigration, security.“, explained the RN elected official.

“If he doesn’t, we will obviously be at the censorship meeting.“, he specifies. While the budget battle begins in the National Assembly, the RN sets a red line: no tax increases.”If there are tax increases, we will go as far as censorship, we do not rule anything out“, underlines Sébastien Chenu.”We do not exclude anything: for, against or abstention by definition. We have already demonstrated that we are capable of voting for texts presented by others, against texts or abstaining, and this is also why we are putting the Prime Minister under surveillance, or even under a certain form of pressure.“, continues Sébastien Chenu.

Repeal of pension reform

“We are putting on the table the repeal of the pension reform which is desired by a majority of French people.“, argues Sébastien Chenu. If “the left does not want to vote for it, that means that they favor petty political mischief over the interests of the French people“, he assures, while the far-right party submitted on Thursday to the National Assembly its bill aimed at repealing the pension reform adopted with great difficulty in spring 2023, which provides for a postponement of the legal retirement age to 64. The text will be examined on October 31 as part of the “parliamentary niche” of the party.

A way of overtaking the left, which also wants to cancel this reform. The New Popular Front had promised to return to the reform during the legislative campaign.I’m not trying to trap anyone.“, defends the spokesman of the party with the flame.”It just so happens that we are the first to be able to do this because we are the largest group that can submit texts.“, he adds. “The left, in its most absolute cynicism, will therefore be able to bang pots and pans, demonstrate, get Elisabeth Borne re-elected, and then not vote for the repeal of the pension reform because it is happening in front of them. Is all this very serious and very respectful of the voters?” he says ironically.

Trial of FN European parliamentary assistants

“We are quite calm“, says Sébastien Chenu, vice-president of the National Rally and deputy for the North, as the party’s trial opens on September 30, accused of fictitious jobs in the European Parliament.

He “formally contests“everyday revelations Releasewho accuses RN president Jordan Bardella of having benefited from false documents to keep him out of the trial. But Sébastien Chenu specifies “that in general, we do not file complaints against the press“. However, he reproaches the journalist of the daily newspaper, Tristan Berteloot, author of the investigative book Winning machineto be “a political activist“, Who “made the fight against the RN the alpha and omega of his commitment“.

The full interview can be found here :