Gabriel Attal is preparing, in place of his general policy declaration, “a program of general suffering”, said the coordinator of France Insoumise, Manuel Bompard, on Monday following an interview with the Prime Minister.
Gabriel Attal claimed to receive us to prepare a general policy speech. We rather had the feeling that we were preparing a program of general suffering, declared the LFI deputy alongside the leader of the LFI deputies Mathilde Panot.
What is on the agenda on February 1 of this year is an immense explosion in the cost of living, added the rebellious official.
According to Ms. Panot, who said she met the spokesperson for President Emmanuel Macron, the head of government does not want to reverse the increase of almost 10% in electricity prices, nor put in place a framework for margins. made by supermarkets and agri-food manufacturers or floor prices for farmers, who are currently demonstrating against financial charges and environmental standards.
The head of government did not seem to appreciate the responsibility of his policy in this concern among farmers, said LFI officials, who promised to meet (them) to present in particular their proposed law on prices. floors which had been rejected in the fall.
Cynicism
According to Ms. Panot and Mr. Bompard, Gabriel Attal also described the deposit required from foreign students in the immigration law as immense bullshit. It was the flash of lucidity of the meeting, according to Mr. Bompard.
But he told them that yes, the law would be promulgated regardless of the censorship of the Constitutional Council, which must rule on this text on Thursday.
Mr. Attal also refused to comment on the controversies involving his Minister of National Education and Sports, Amlie Ouda-Castra, they reported.
On the socialist party side, its First Secretary Olivier Faure deplored after his interview that Gabriel Attal was there to make (Elisabeth) Borne faster, more powerful, to accelerate the program which had already been planned, with a third reform of the unemployment insurance, nothing on (the prices of) electricity, nothing on purchasing power, nothing but the desire to continue regulating.
There is a form of assumed cynicism in him, a way of saying ‘look, I came from the left, but deep down I am only looking for the right which could allow me to continue being Prime Minister’, the PS leader reported to the alongside the leaders of deputies Boris Vallaud and senators Patrick Kanner.
The three officials expressed their compassion for the mistreated farmers but Mr. Faure judged that accelerating the construction of water reserves, as proposed by the Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau, was not the way to follow and that it was necessary to reconcile the ecological question and the agricultural question.
It is not by giving in to pressure from a few that we will resolve the issue, he said.
This week, Gabriel Attal continues his discussions with political forces and associations of elected officials to feed his general policy declaration of January 30.
He also spoke with the president of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF) David Lisnard (LR), the latter saying he was open to dialogue with the executive.
The Prime Minister will also attend the meeting of parliamentarians of the intergroup of the presidential majority in the Assembly on Tuesday morning, for the second consecutive week.