Launched in the presidential campaign, Arnaud Montebourg rolled up the sleeves of his striped shirt to attack his opponents head-on. In an interview on France 3 on Sunday, the former Minister of the Economy paid for his successor become president, Emmanuel Macron. It is naturally on this ground that the politician beekeeper attacked the Head of State, denouncing a “disastrous record” on the economic level.
Emmanuel Macron “dropped Alstom, dismantled Lafarge, Alcatel, Technip, Essilor, Suez, Engie, the last is Ariane moved to Germany”, castigates Montebourg, presenting the tenant of the Elysee as “the president of the financiers, not of industry ”, a“ gratin enarque ”. Worse, the former banker would have “destroyed the made in France” dear to Montebourg. Consequently, “we are missing 1 million industrial jobs”, diagnoses the former PS.
A poorly engaged “remount”
“He must be put out of harm’s way”, even launches Arnaud Montebourg, designating his direct opponent in “the revival of France” that he launched. But before attacking the outgoing president, the former socialist will have to operate his own comeback in the polls, where he sails between 2 and 4%.
He therefore dismantled as a rule the proposals of Anne Hidalgo, his most direct competitor, on the doubling of teachers’ salaries or the 32-hour week, “new enemy of the payroll”. He proposes to increase the minimum wage and to reinvest in nuclear power. Not sure that this is enough to stand out… and qualify for the next round.