Le Pen Vows Drastic Cost Savings to Prevent French 'Default'
The National Rally plan would cut pensions and streamline spending, with 15 billion to 20 billion euros in savings targeted from pensions alone.
- On Tuesday, French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen announced a plan to implement 140 billion euros in cost savings by 2032, warning that without change, France was "heading towards default" on its debt.
- Rising interest rates have caused French government bond yields to soar in recent weeks, as the government forecasts its annual budget deficit will hit 5.4% of GDP this year.
- Le Pen promised 15-20 billion euros in savings within pensions by correcting "inefficient and unfair" measures, while reaffirming her proposal to introduce a budget "golden rule" via referendum.
- National Rally leader Jordan Bardella recently faced accusations of making antisemitic comments, which he has denied, complicating Le Pen's efforts to stake out economic credibility.
- Le Pen leads in polls for next year's presidential elections, though convincing financial markets to fund her campaign promises remains a primary challenge with the 2027 budget's fate resting on opposition parties.
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Far-right presidential election candidate Marine Le Pen presented her party's shadow budget plan, which promised €140 trillion in cost saving over five years, trunging the deficit back under 3% of GDP by 2030 and a budgetary referendum.
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Le Pen eyes bond markets with bigger spending cuts pledge if far right win presidential vote
By Michel Rose and Leigh Thomas PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Marine Le Pen sharply increased her plans to slash spending if she wins next year's French presidential election, an announcement designed to establish the far right's fiscal credentials as tensi...
France's most popular presidential candidate Marine Le Pen announced on Tuesday that if she is elected president next year, she will implement spending cuts of 140 billion euros by 2032. Le Pen also warned that without cuts, the country is heading towards insolvency.
The leader of the French far-right Marine Le Pen, who will run for president in next year's elections, presented her vision for the recovery of France's public finances for the period 2027-2032, Agence France-Presse reported, quoted by BTA. Le Pen said that if elected head of state, her government would realize net savings of 140 billion euros and cut taxes by 30 billion euros. She sharply criticized the way in which French public finances hav…
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