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Michel Barnier confided this on Tuesday October 8 throughout a gathering with Renaissance deputies from the Ensemble pour la République group: “LR [Les Républicains]it remains my political family. » But, within the family, discussions are often lively, especially on money matters. Saturday evening, the Prime Minister received a call from Laurent Wauquiez. After a remote meeting with his deputies, the president of the Republican Right (DR) group in the National Assembly informed him that the presentation of the finance bill (PLF) has “tense” a part of his troops. The phrase crimson line will not be pronounced, however the deputy for Haute-Loire tells him that his group needs “to obstruct” to the rise within the electrical energy tax and the car penalty by two deletion amendments.

With 383 amendments tabled, the Republican Right can also be essentially the most lively group within the National Assembly on this income a part of the PLF. “We know that the equation is complicated for Michel Barnier, recognizes the LR deputy for Côtes-d’Armor, Corentin Le Fur. He inherited a catastrophic situation. » To get out of it, the right wants to show him the right path to follow. At least his. “We are here to help him complete a right-wing budget with the fewest tax increases,” advances Jean-Didier Berger, elected official from Hauts-de-Seine.

Initially, Michel Barnier’s “family” resigned itself to accepting a rise in levies on massive corporations and the richest. “But exceptionally and temporarily”remembers Véronique Louwagie, MP for Orne and vice-president of the finance committee. Except that the account is not actually there if we take the estimates of the High Council of Public Finances, which assesses the budgetary effort at 70% tax will increase towards solely 30% spending cuts.

Preserve the “working middle classes”

Failing to denounce “a socialist budget” like its former president, Eric Ciotti, The Republicans search to rebalance the scales (“we need to go much further on spending cuts”enjoins Véronique Louwagie), but in addition to protect the “working middle classes”, pricey to Laurent Wauquiez. As on the delicate concern of the worth of electrical energy. In its challenge, the federal government is relying on 3 billion euros in extra income with the top of the decreased VAT price on fuel and electrical energy subscriptions (at 20% as an alternative of 5%). A measure offered as nearly painless, since family payments should fall by 9% due to the autumn within the value of vitality on the markets, however which LR elected officers oppose. “When we know the volatility of electricity prices, it’s not understandable”explains Corentin Le Fur. Signatory of the deletion modification, Véronique Louwagie sees it “a measure in favor of the purchasing power of the French”.

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