Will this be enough to end the crisis? Under the threat of a vote of no confidence that could bring down his government next week, Michel Barnier says goodbye.
Four days before the second reading of the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS), which begins on Monday, December 2 in the National Assembly, the Prime Minister announced that no “Do not increase taxes on electricity”as was initially planned in the draft budget for 2025. This will allow, he specifies in an interview with FigaroThursday November 28 “a drop in electricity prices of 14%, which will therefore go far beyond the 9% drop initially planned. »
After having made a gesture in favor of the president of the Republican Right (DR) group in the National Assembly, Laurent Wauquiez, on retirement pensions, another, on Wednesday, towards the president of the Ensemble pour la République (EPR) group, Gabriel Attal, on tax exemptions, Michel Barnier thus grants a concession to the president of the National Rally (RN) group, Marine Le Pen, who had made the increase in taxes on electricity one of her “red lines”.
The Prime Minister endeavors to counter this interpretation by emphasizing that in his ” most “ As in the opposition, all the ones it has received in recent days have been “asked to evolve” on electricity taxation. “The senators also voted unanimously in this direction”he adds, so as not to give the impression of giving in to the leader of the RN, who threatens to vote on the motion of censure promised by the left, and thus overthrow the government. Finally, after some hesitation in its communication, on Thursday the government announced that it intends to change the taxation of the regulated tariff for the sale of electricity from 1Ahem February 2025, compared to that applied in 2024. Sufficient to mitigate the drop in invoices that is nevertheless expected, due to the drop in prices in the wholesale market.
However, it is Marine Le Pen that the head of government is turning to in what appears to be a last-chance offer. mr barnier “evolves” in others “red lines” of the extreme right party. This is how it promises to reduce “significantly” HE “care basket” covered by state medical aid (a system that allows foreigners in an irregular situation to benefit from access to medical assistance), which Marine Le Pen calls for reducing “drastically”. And remember that action will be taken “Short term” For “fight” against illegal immigration and ” teacher “ in a certain sense “very strict” legal immigration. He also announces that a bill will be presented “in spring” establish a dose of proportionality in legislative elections. Once again, an old demand from Marine Le Pen.
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