Asked about the interview with Elisabeth Borne in the columns of Le Parisien [article payant] Sunday and the trail of a tax on the superprofits of large groups, the vice-president of the Republicans Gilles Platret estimates Sunday August 28 on franceinfo that it is “legit”. “When companies release insolent margins at a time when the people are suffering, it must there is a tax. In times of crisis, you have to know how to take your responsibilities”launches the mayor of Chalon-Sur-Saône.
On the Prime Minister’s objective of reducing France’s deficit to 3%, Gilles Platret judges that the “accounts are degraded. We are increasing the French debt and this is weakening the country, that is what is worrying. “If the state does not reform itself, then we will continue in unbridled spending”, warns Gilles Platret. In any case, he adds, to get the budget passed [à l’automne]Elisabeth Borne will have to “try to bring back Republican deputies”.
“The vote on the budget is going to be a real test of the truth.”
Gilles Platret, vice-president of the Republicansat franceinfo
Elisabeth Borne also announced on Saturday the release of a “green fund” endowed with 1.5 billion euros intended for local authorities to help them “in accelerating their ecological transition”. “We are not good on the ecological question. We have never beenadmits Gilles Platret. We are picking up when we have lots of proposals to make. But we let ourselves be overwhelmed by the left in this matter and we can clearly see that Madame Borne [dans son interview du Parisien] try to pre-empt these topics today”, analyzes Gilles Platret.
Asked about the election of the new president of the Les Républicains party, scheduled for early December, the current vice-president believes that there is “two candidacies which have the merit of posing the debate, which is a great debate of the Republicans”. Two candidates have declared themselves, on the one hand the LR deputy for the Alpes-Maritimes, Éric Ciotti, in favor of a rightwing of the party line, on the other, Virginie Calmels, former assistant to Alain Juppé, who declared want to bring back to the party those who left for LREM.
“Should we return to a right that does not approach centrist shores, or should we remain on a mixture of right and center?”asks the elected official, who recognizes that there are several “options on the table”. “I think we shouldn’t give this government any air, we weren’t elected to work hand in hand with those who are hurting France so much”he adds, considering that it is necessary “clarification”.