
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu denounced before the Senate the budgetary proposals of the National Rally for local authorities, calling them a "nightmare" and affirming that they are based on non-existent figures, during an exchange with Senator RN Edwige Diaz.
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The National Rally now has a group in the Senate with its UDR allies. The government plans to make local authorities contribute up to 5.5 billion euros in the budget for 2027, while the RN proposes significantly higher contributions according to its press kit.
Sébastien Lecornu lambasted Wednesday in the Senate, where the National Rally now has a group with its UDR allies, the “nightmare” of the RN's budgetary proposals, particularly for local authorities. “We tell what we want about Emmanuel Macron's 10th anniversary. It's the rearview mirror. When we look in the windshield ahead and see the offers coming, I'm still afraid of a nightmare. It’s time to wake up,” said the Prime Minister, responding to a question from the new head of RN senators, Edwige Diaz.
“People who like public finances, who are not in denial about what is happening, they know that we have to make an effort,” he agreed while the government plans to make local authorities contribute 5.5 billion euros in the budget for 2027. “But for you, it’s something else,” he added, citing in particular the RN’s proposals for communities.
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“You are talking about figures that do not exist”
According to the press kit of the RN's budget proposals, Marine Le Pen's party plans to have communities contribute 8.2 billion euros in 2027, 12 billion in 2028, 14.5 billion in 2029, 16.9 billion in 2030 and 18.4 billion in 2031.
“I hope that you have said it to the electors of Gironde,” he added, addressing Edwige Diaz, senator of this department. “You are talking about figures that do not exist, you are distorting our program,” replied Edwige Diaz, defending the voters who voted for the RN in the September senatorial elections: “What they demonstrated during this election is that they no longer wanted you.”
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The debate on the contributions of local authorities will intensify during the examination of the 2027 budget.
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