A little over a month ago, Emmanuel Macron welcomed the inclusion of the French baguette in the cultural heritage of Unesco.
Today, the President of the Republic and his government must meet the expectations of bakers who, hit hard by the increase in energy prices, are sounding the alarm.
And if Bruno Le Maire has been insisting since the start of the week on the aid put in place for these craftsmen, in particular specific measures for postponing or spreading out the payment of social and tax charges, while warning energy suppliers who "
who do not do not respect their commitments to bakers and SMEs
", the opposition did not wait to seize the subject.
Considering the support measures of the State insufficient, the president of the National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, condemns in his letter to the bakers of France the "
inaction
" of Emmanuel Macron and his government, who "
do not seem not appreciate the urgency of your situation
".
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The leader of the party believes that emancipating oneself "
from the European rules for fixing electricity prices
", indexed to that of gas, is the only solution and denounces an "
absurd mechanism
" which has "
directly led to the unbearable increase in the price of energy bills
”.
Marine Le Pen, in turn, published a video on her social networks last night.
"
The explosion in the price of electricity is not the result of fate but rather that of the bad political choices of the past
", castigates the president of the RN group in the National Assembly.
For his part, the president of the Republican party, Éric Ciotti, is indignant on Twitter: “
Our craftsmen are strangled by bills which sometimes explode from 700 to 17,000 euros!
Before concluding: “
France must leave the European energy market, install a tariff shield and put order in the excesses of energy suppliers who are profiting from the crisis.
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