The LR deputy general secretary was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo” this Friday.
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“We are not increasing taxes for the French, whoever they are!“, warns the LR deputy general secretary, Geoffroy Didier, on franceinfo, Friday September 20. While three full-time LR ministers are proposed by the Prime Minister in the future casting of the government presented to the President on Thursday evening, Geoffroy Didier clarifies the LR roadmap in this government, while waiting for Michel Barnier’s general policy speech.
For his part, the Prime Minister promised not to increase taxes.middle classes and working French people“, according to his entourage. The LR deputy general secretary says “no“to any increase, including for the richest:”Those who take risks, those who have earned their living, those who have enjoyed real professional success“, specifies Geoffroy Didier, “like those who work and deserve to be paid better“.
“For us Republicans, it’s quite simple: we don’t increase taxes, we reduce public spending, we defend nuclear power, we re-establish minimum sentences, and we try to better remunerate work.” lists Geoffroy Didier.
“We need to rationalize the functioning of the State“, also insists Geoffroy Didier who points out the “waste and unnecessary expenses”. He cites as an example the “400 state agencies“, there “social welfare fraud, 7 to 8 billion euros per year according to the Court of Auditors“, and the “13 billion euros of development aid per year” via the French Development Agency (AFD).
He thus proposes to “cut“aid to countries that”refuse to let illegal immigrants back into their country“. “There is a virtually inexhaustible source of less public spending that absolutely must be cut“, assures Geoffroy Didier.