There wouldn't be the thickness of half a sheet of cigarette paper between them.
Traveling to the Agricultural Show this Wednesday, Marine Le Pen made a point of refuting any supposed divergence with her runner-up, Jordan Bardella.
At the start of the week, the president of the National Rally (RN) nevertheless saw fit to speak out against the establishment of a floor price for farmers, a measure that has been supported since 2012 in his champion's presidential program.
“
I reread Jordan Bardella’s statements, this is exactly what we are proposing
,” she assured journalists.
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When it came to voting for floor prices in the National Assembly, there was only one misfortune, which was that the majority of Emmanuel Macron opposed it
,” declared the person concerned on BFMTV on Sunday.
But he then changed his tune on France Bleu on Monday.
“
If you determine a floor price at the French level (...) then we will source our products on the European market.
(...) If you determine a floor price at European level, then we will source our supplies from international markets
,” the nationalist explained.
Before going even further, according to Le Monde, by calling the system a “
poverty trap
”.
Contradictory statements which pushed Marine Le Pen to recall her party's position on the subject on Tuesday morning during the meeting of the RN group in the National Assembly, according to Politico.
A reframing that the double-finalist in the presidential election did not, however, renew publicly, since she contented herself with recalling on Wednesday the concept of floor prices as understood and defended by the party with the flame: “
It that is to say a price which is guaranteed.
But the objective of State intervention is not that the State intervenes as an end in itself but precisely as a guarantee.
(We need) a discussion between the interlocutors, the different sectors, the industrialists and if they cannot reach an agreement, the State, at that moment, is the arbiter,
” she said. explain.
Before reiterating his support for Jordan Bardella: “
I believe that is exactly what he said.
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