This is not a point of view that should please people from the Élysée. Bruno Le Maire in fact exposed his skepticism towards Emmanuel Macron’s choice to dissolve the National Assembly on Sunday. This, according to him, “created incomprehension”.
However, the “victory” of the presidential camp in the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7 “is possible”, estimated the Minister of the Economy in the program “Political Questions” on France Inter/France Info/Le Monde. Bruno Le Maire indeed believes in a “judgment”.
The Mayor advocates “a vote of conscience”
The announcement on Sunday June 9 by Emmanuel Macron of the dissolution of the National Assembly “is the decision of one man, the President of the Republic. It is his prerogative, he exercised it,” the minister also insisted.
“What I see is that it has created concern, incomprehension, and sometimes anger in our country” among the French. But, “I want to tell them: “there is hope”. […] We can win, victory is possible,” said Bruno Le Maire. “It is not an ideological vote, it is not a partisan vote, it must be a vote of conscience, everyone must search their conscience to know what is good for the French nation. (…) I have confidence in the ability of the French to (…) have this surge in the last days to give us a majority,” he summarized.
The Minister of Economy and Finance thus called for “opening our eyes to the programs” of the National Rally and the New Popular Front, which are, according to him, “both a disaster for our economy” and “lead directly to the impoverishment of all our compatriots”.
Bruno Le Maire notably called on “all responsible, reasonable social democrats, attached to their country, attached to the French people, who do not want the harm of the workers, of all those who work in the factories, of those who do not want endorse the anti-Semitic speeches of rebellious France, to join the central bloc” of the presidential majority. He also denounced “the complete climate skepticism of the RN program, which turns its back on the fight against climate change”.
“The job doesn’t pay enough”
Concerning the measures in favor of purchasing power announced on Saturday by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, Bruno Le Maire estimated that “this is an excellent starting point” but “that we will obviously have to go much further”.
Believing that “work does not pay enough”, he notably suggested “reviewing the reductions in charges” to have “less gap” between “gross and net” salaries and “breaking this glass ceiling to recreate salary dynamics”.