Public finances will be one of the main axes of the Republicans' European campaign. At LR headquarters, we quickly understood that the embarrassment of the executive in the face of the bad figures published by INSEE on France's deficit and debt could be a positive element. Emmanuel Macron had made economic credibility one of his assets to attract a number of right-wing voters, particularly retirees. With a deficit of 5.5% of GDP and a debt of 110.6% of GDP in 2023, according to INSEE, it is part of this building that is collapsing. And the LR intend to take advantage of this to recover part of their electorate between now and June 9.
“Public finances must be one of the main axes of our campaign,”
believes Éric Ciotti. The president of the Republicans begins to dream of the reversal of the pincers.
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