PARIS, June 12 (Reuters) – French Ministers of Economy and Industry, Bruno Le Maire and Roland Lescure, called on the economic world on Wednesday to block the National Rally in the run-up to the legislative elections on June 30 and July 7.
On the sidelines of the press conference given by President Emmanuel Macron to explain his recent choice to dissolve the National Assembly, the two leaders questioned, via Reuters, the economic forces.
“We have three weeks to turn the equation around,” said Roland Lescure.
“Mobilize yourself, highlight the harmful program of the National Rally. Get wet,” launched the minister to the economic world where certain representatives expressed their concern about the political situation.
The minister invited large companies to take action against the National Rally, like German companies like BMW, Siemens and BASF, who signed a platform against the far-right AfD formation at the beginning of May.
Bruno Le Maire echoed him, warning against the economic program of the party led by Jordan Bardella, which received more than 31% of the votes in Sunday’s European elections, and of the “Popular Front” currently being formed on the left. .
“I tell economic circles to mobilize, to take a position on the measures that are proposed”, he said to the address of “business leaders, SMEs, VSEs, traders, craftsmen” and other “independents “.
“Yes or no, should we spend 100, 200, 300 billion euros more in public money? We want to save,” added the minister.
Like many members of the government, Bruno Le Maire will engage in the legislative campaign even if he has chosen not to be a new candidate in Eure.
“The noose is tight, that’s for sure, we have a headwind that’s certain. But it’s the fighters’ time,” he declared.
At the start of the week, on behalf of employers, the president of Medef, Patrick Martin, issued a warning without mentioning the political parties targeted by his message.
“A new campaign is starting in which we will not share certain political visions incompatible with the competitiveness of businesses and the prosperity of the country and our fellow citizens,” he wrote in a press release. (Report by Elizabeth Pineau, edited by Blandine Hénault)
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