Jordan Bardella, acting president of the National Rally, indicated on Tuesday on franceinfo that Marine Le Pen’s group could vote for the text of the government’s purchasing power even if it is “imperfect” by “there is an emergency” for the French people. “I think there is an emergency today in the country and that even if the text is imperfect, it will still provide, even partially, even at the margins, solutions for several French families”he said.
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The National Rally intends, despite everything, to have its proposals adopted for the purchasing power of the French. RN deputies wish to defend several amendments, including the one on “a reduction in VAT from 20% to 5.5% on fuel, electricity, gas and fuel oil”. According to Jordan Bardella, “If we don’t anticipate the explosion of inflation this winter today, there will be many French people who, like last winter, will give up heating”. The president of the RN also denounced on franceinfo the policy of government checks, a “logic” who “is not the right one“.
“We can always distribute as many checks as we want, as long as we have 60% fuel taxes, as long as we have such a high tax on energy, electricity, gas, then distribute checks will be a bottomless pit.”
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The government’s text on purchasing power “will only partially answer” to the concern of the French. However, the National Rally seems to want to be part of a logic of constructive opposition “to work with the French”, he said. The text on purchasing power “at least has the merit of existing and given the urgency, I can’t see myself saying to millions of fellow citizens who are waiting for a certain amount of aid, even if, once again, it is imperfect, that we going to overthrow the government and wait another six months”, he explained. The president of the National Rally refers to the motion of censure carried by the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes). She obtained only 146 votes, whereas to obtain an absolute majority, it was necessary to collect 289 votes.
The RN group did not participate in the vote, because “we must accept at some point the result of the elections, which the left and the far left do not do”he said. “We can decide every two months to overthrow the government, but that is not our intention”, he assured. The National Rally wishes to be a less frontal opposition than that of the Nupes and to give more and more the image of a government party: “The difference between the left, the far left and the National Rally is that we are deeply responsible and that we do not want to blow up or implode the institutions”he said.