the New Popular Front’s program is “Keynesian, social and ecological”, for economist Henri Sterdyniak

What can we learn from the costing of the economic program of the New Popular Front, Friday June 21? “A very clear direction to move towards more state intervention in the economy” for Olivier Redoulès, economist and director of the Rexecode economic institute. Two main points to remember: “tax households more to redistribute more” And “regulate more, but help more“.

Olivier Redoulès notes another element: “more public orders“.”This assumes that a larger part of both national production and the use of things will be administered (…) by an office in a ministry. It’s a fairly clear direction, but it raises the question of economic efficiency.”he nuances.

The economist Henri Sterdyniak sees a program “Keynesian, social and ecological”. Keynesian in a context where we “needs in France and Europe to boost demand“, he elaborates, recalling that Europe is on this point”behind the United States“, who led a “extremely active public deficit policy” with Joe Biden.

The program of the New Popular Front is, according to him, social.because it includes income guarantees” And “fight against poverty in a significant way. Finally, ecological “because we set ourselves the objective of reorienting the activity and taking into account ecological constraints“The economist judges it, however.”not perfectly satisfactory“, notably due to the lack of precision on the question of financing.