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France: according to the Minister of Economy, the left’s program would lead to leaving the EU

by AI | 14.Jun 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The French Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire warned against the program announced by the new alliance of four left-wing parties, in which he sees “the assurance of leaving the European Union”.

The French Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, attends the last election rally of the French group Renouveau (Renaissance), before the European Parliament elections, in Aubervilliers, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, on June 1, 2024. (Photo: STÉPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

Paris – The program proposed by the “New Popular Front” is “the guarantee of exiting the European Union” by refusing the “European budgetary discipline,” said Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Friday.

The program “is complete madness,” “it is the guarantee of downgrading, mass unemployment, and exiting the European Union” because “this leftist alliance will refuse the austere constraint of the stability pact,” Mr. Le Maire said on Franceinfo radio, adding: “This is the first time that a leftist union turns its back on Europe.”

The program announced by the leaders of LFI (radical left), the Socialist Party, the Greens, and the Communists is also “guaranteed economic collapse,” with the proposal for a minimum wage “at 1,600 euros net,” and will lead to “mass unemployment,” he judged.

As for the far-right program, according to Le Maire, it is “woven with lies, so it is no better.” (06/14/2024)